You'd have to replace the 2nd and 5th with a high-end prospect for the Canucks to accept

would Rosen get the deal done?

eh I'd probably want a center or a RD. The Canucks are kinda set at LW and LD

Kris Letang and Braden Holtby??? Holy overpayments

Holtby is having a decent season in Dallas sure, but he hasn't been amazing for them

Price you have to pay to get people to Buffalo. Low market team that hasnt gone anywhere in 10+ years. It sucks but we have the money.

hell no a late first and a meh second goesnt get u boeser

Maybe not, But just so ya know….
It was a VAN fan that proposed that deal originally

I'm the one who originally posted, and Buffalo ain't parting ways with their own 2022 1st for anything. Vancouver would gladly accept a late 1st, and the 2nd will be early

I thought it seemed reasonable for both sides
But who knows what the real life GMs think?

It's interesting, Boeser is a good player. But I thought Letang would stay in Penguins and it's not a question of money, like Crosby and Malkin.

I don’t think anyone is gonna give Letang anywhere near $9mil per though
He might be closer to half that if he wants something long term

And i think he just did it as a 2year deal,
so that gives Letang the option to be traded at the deadline of the 2nd year of the contract to a contender if we still stink

So he’d really only be giving up 1 year of potential “winning”
And he’d get about $6mil extra (my guess) to do so

So I’d say it’s a “maybe”
Just bc that’s quite the overpay

If Vancouver were to trade Boeser I think they could get a better offer.

I just think Letang will resign with Penguins, even if they offer him 6-7 million, and Buffalo will offer 9M. This guy has been playing there his entire career,

Nobody is giving Letang a long-term contract at his age

Quite possibly
But the extra $$$ could be tempting

I wouldn’t wanna sign him long term
But EVERY year, guys get contracts that surprise me

Yeah, but I'm very confident Letang won't be one of them, he isn't exactly good at staying healthy so that works against him too

We’ll see
Teams do stupid **** in free agency all the time

Yeah, I don't know that I see another 2016 free agency any time soon if ever

Maybe not
But i have faith that there will always be GMs out there making stupid decisions
I’ve seen way too much of it over the years to think otherwise

Seth Jones, Darnell Nurse, Charlie Coyle, Trading and signing for Barclay Goodrow (good player but way overpaid), Blake Coleman (complete player, but should generate more offense for what he's being paid)

Zach Werenski (Columbus clearly had to pay a staying tax on his contract), Nick Foligno hasn't exactly worked out in Boston, Erik Haula hasn't worked out in Boston, Derek Forbort (looks like Don Sweeney has been as sharp as he has been in the past)

Those are some of the more questionable signings of the last two off-seasons that are active

There’s head scratchers every year

Aye, I suppose there are