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There are a lot of moving parts in this trade, but I think a three-way trade involving these teams makes a lot of sense. A lot of tweaks could definitely be made to this hypothetical trade, this is just a general idea of what such a trade could look like. Here are my justifications:
Arizona - Receives two 1st round picks, a former 1st rounder in Foudy, a good and young defenseman in Bean, and a flippable asset in Domi that could be flipped for more picks at the deadline. The Chicago pick is currently 8OA and should remain a top-10 pick, it will almost certainly be top-15. The Edmonton pick comes from the Koskinen cap dump to CBJ. The value Arizona receives falls somewhere between the two main comparables of the Eichel trade and Burns trade.
Columbus - Receives Chychrun and Koskinen, the latter being a cap dump from Edmonton.
Edmonton - Receives Phil Kessel to shore up the middle-6, Korpisalo to shore up goaltending, and Harrington as defensive depth. Koskinen is a cap dump and allows EDM to fit Kessel on to the team, the pick is for both that cap dump and the Kessel rental.
This trade assumes that Florida is unwilling to give up Lundell, Knight, and a 1st for Chychrun.