On the contrary, I very much like to be corrected if there's a reason to. So go for it if you have time from your laughter. As far as I know Nybeck plays in the 2nd highest tier in Sweden with relatively meh numbers, Guslistov has made into KHL with rather young age which in itself is impressive but nothing groundbreaking really and Blake is doing pretty well in USHL, but to be fair that is still USHL and he plays in a recent winning team. I need to see him play in a better league or university. I don't see any of them having actual NHL potential at the end of the day.

Individually speaking Canes have a very good prospect pool, but these assets are certainly near bottom-tier in their depth chart, and that is not what Stars are looking for in exchange to Pavelski. Especially if a first rounder is out of the table. We're looking for prospects with great NHL potential. A PPG player potentially at $1,75M with double retention should easily warrant that, and if you can't understand that then I have no clue why I bother wasting my time with you.

Okay, I'm actually glad you said this because it means I can help shed some light from a Canes perspective.

Let's start with Nybeck. Yes, he's playing in the 2nd Swedish tier, but he's playing with HV71, a recognizable team that was shockingly relegated after the turmoil the club went through last year. Nybeck still went to the world junior championships with Sweden and was a big part of their international campaigns. Admittedly, he didn't record points at the tournament, but he is a dominant play driver with a great shot and real top-six upside. He doesn't cheat the game defensively, he doesn't overcommit at bad times. He's already developing quickly and is showing promising development.

Moving onto Blake. Yes, it's the USHL and he's playing with Chicago. But he's got 50 points in 30 games. I'm rounding and it is actually 49 in 31, but that is nothing to scoff at. That's showing scoring upside, and it's really promising. His underlying numbers last year were something that you wouldn't be able to view on public wifi because of the family restrictions, but his scoring rate has gone through the roof and really quickly. He's going to the University of North Dakota next year according to EP (I don't know how reliable that is) but if you want to see him in a more competitive environment, there's something to look forward too. Either way, he's certainly looking really good right now.

Gus is more of the same. He's solid. He's been in the KHL since he was 17 and eligible, but when he was in the MHL last year, he was a point per game. He's proving that he belongs in men's leagues even at his young age. Another player that went to the World Juniors with their nation, Guslistov isn't as important to Russia as Nybeck is to Sweden and he was mainly playing in a checking role. Still a very solid player, and still likely someone with NHL upside. And the extra advantage with Gus is that because he's in the KHL, his rights are indefinitely held by the team that drafted him and any team he is traded to.

To sum up, yes, none of these are guys like Scott Morrow, but you're not gonna get that for a 37-year-old rental. I'm sure other teams will likely give better packages for Pavelski. But to say this is all garbage and these guys are near the bottom tier of the Canes prospect pool is wrong. They're not top prospects, but they're mainly B-/C+ guys.

Tampa passes, there’s a lot of locations klingberg could go to, but tampa isn’t one

I think otherwise. Imo TB is just the team that would pull such a string that would bring them a top pair RHD for a very cheap cost cap wise. They've done plethora of such moves in the past.

Yea but the cost of klingberg to acquire and to pay if they wanted to keep him after the season is far too high for tampa

Well yes it would be strictly a rental deal, that's for certain, but imo TB would likely do such a move regardless. Cal Foote and 32nd overall pick just don't seem like massive dealbreakers to me.

Considering the one thing tampa struggles at when drafting is finding top end D prospects I feel like Foote is probably untouchable