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Has he waived his No Trade Clause?
I personally think Yanni Gourde is the best "Swiss Army Knife" player in the league. He can play top 6 or bottom 6, all three forward positions, skilled or gritty. However, his trade value is low because everyone knows TBL is in a huge cap mess and needs to sell off players.
Sens might be interested, particularly in a multi-player trade including Cernak. Ottawa has lots of cap space and draft picks; they need experienced NHLers to support the young guns (and Gourde is bilingual).
How about the RFA rights for Cernak, Gourde and Paquette for 2 of Ottawa's 2nd Rd picks, a 4th Rd pick, Russian RD Artem Zub and Marian Gaborik's $4.8m LTIR contract, so TBL can play with the cap?