Quoting: Schood1c
whoever Tyler Kleven is he isn't worth giving up Forbort
Quoting: CMcAvoy73
No matter who Kleven is, he’s most definitely worth giving up forbort from the Boston perspective. That contract is absolute garbage.
Quoting: csick
Bro no way they trade Kleven .
This thread is more a case of people not knowing who Tyler Kleven is. Ottawa traded up to get him at 44th OA in 2020 because they knew some teams wanted to pick him (Montreal was one of them)
Nick Fohr was pretty bang on on the kid, there's actually a lot of upside. His stock rose since the draft, Sens are very high on him.
No chance they make that deal. They'd rather give picks to get Forbort if available... What is he worth? A 3rd?
And too many LD to acquire another one... We need RD help, not to get rid of Zaitsev
Finally, Brannstrom is LD not RD
Quoting: sensonfire
It is not necessary to spend assets to dump Zaitsev because we need him to hit the floor.
A better solution than that would be to bury him in the minors, which would not eliminate his cap hit entirely.
It's what Chicago is doing with Brett Connolly.
I don't think Melnyk would do that though
And Sens don't only need Zaitsev to hit the floor, they need RD