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Prospect #2 RHD is Bode Wilde of NYI. Between Pulock, Dobson, Mayfield, they're all set on the right side. So I would go to them.
While the Blues shouldn't be trading Dunn, if they do, Beauvillier + Wilde, + 3rd sounds good.

Trading Sanford is a good start. Trading Dunn is a mistake.

Agreed. We shouldn't be trading Dunn. But what if you look at the trade i propose. Beaulivier, Wilde, 2nd (preferably) for Dunn and Sanford?

I think that all depends on how highly you value Wilde versus Dunn right? If you see Wilde as a middle pairing RHD and Dunn roughly the same way on the left then sure. I think that's at least an even trade. Beauvillier is better than Sanford, Wilde is a few years off and then you have the second to make up for Dunn's readiness right now.

However, I think Wilde has a lot of boom or bust at the moment. He couldn't stick it in the AHL last year and had to go back to Junior. There's always uncertainty with prospects, but Wilde is a gamble in the way that similar aged RHD prospects like Nils Lundkvist or Ian Mitchell are not. Meanwhile I view Dunn as a 30-point defenseman with underlying numbers similar to that of Hamilton- a guy who has been undervalued his entire career. My point being that Dunn is great now, but as he gets more opportunity the fancy stats project him to be even better. Maybe he reaches that potential or maybe he doesn't, but he'll be low cost for the next few years so I'd rather give him that chance here than have him level up somewhere else. So if I'm trading Dunn for a RHD prospect, I think I would want a more established guy than Wilde.

I'd love to have Beauvillier too, I think he's really really good and the Islanders don't utilize him right. But it seems like the Blues have their heart set on locking in Schwartz and if you have Schwartz and Schenn on the left side (assuming Thomas is your 2C) I don't see where Beauvillier fits. The LW logjam is part of the reason trading Sanford makes a lot of sense in the first place.