I like most of the trades but I'm not too sold on varlamov. Koskinen has been fine this year and hopefully with smith coming back soon, he'd take the ease off of koskinen a little. Plus taking on the varlamov contract doesn't help the oilers next season as they need to re-sign yams + pulju and they have the nurse extension kicking in too. I'd much rather run with skinner next year to give him the needed nhl experience so that he can take over or be a tandem goalie when smith is gone. Also as much as I don't like tippet's choices, the team was not built very well and the pieces he has to work with aren't the best. I'd see how the moves would improve the team before firing him.

Isles do this if they're out of it by the deadline

Take out kubalik amd the Chicago trade is closer

Trading Sharangovich probably depends on how Holtz develops. If we did, It would be for younger RD than Barrie.

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Sharangovich is having a better year than Yamamoto (though both are struggling), and I don't think that you'll be improving the defense with that trade. As maligned as Barrie is, especially as a defender, replacing him with a newly-promoted rookie playing on his off-side doesn't seem to me to be an upgrade. You guys are giving up more than 3 goals per game, and only Las Vegas (just one more goal in 26 games) and the hapless Coyotes are doing worse.

Kubalik isn't a dump. He is a 26 year old RFA with 93 points in 151 NHL outings. Hawks aren't moving him for pennies in the dollar.

Can't argue with that.

To me, Barrie almost serves as a stop gap until Ty Smith can fully assume his role as a mostly offensive middle pairing d-man. The Devils blue line really could use better breakout passes and a solid transitional defender provides that. I'd say the devils are definitely looking to start improving quickly and competing for the cup, and Barrie definitely puts them closer to winning and further from drafting 1st overall again. You can't keep waiting on young players to come up forever, and at some point you end up bringing in older players. Barrie is only 30, and should provide solid play for the remainder of his contract and hopefully a few years afterwards. Also, Subban probably walks this offseason, and barrie takes the pressure off of finding a replacement.

Honestly, I get what you're saying I might have undervalued Kubalik by a bit. Maybe Edmonton sends a 1st and 2nd there or throws in a prospect. However, Kubalik has declined steadily since his rookie year, and has struggled immensely this season. I'm not saying the Hawks should trade him, but I'm saying I could see it happening. With Kane and Toews both way past their prime, I think they should try to get some draft picks in the next two drafts and get a solid pool built up. Management may realize this and trade off players with moveable contracts they are willing to trade. The emergence of Brandon Hagel makes Kubalik less vital to the team and I could see him being traded for the right price.

Yeah I think I definitely undervalued him judging by other comments

Tatar would be the option. Not Sharangovich.

To add to this you completely low-balled his qualifying offer is 4M and he’ll want 5M

I could easily see this being the case