I'm not sure what it would take but Garland is definitely someone the Sens should try really hard to acquire.

would be a really nice middle 6 complementary scorer

Not sure how good JBD is and how he fits with us, but Devils fans have been receptive to a base of 1st 2023 (with protection) + prospect (C/RHD).

could probably bump that to a 2023 protected first pretty easy i figured it would be more like that. RD- defense first two way d. Could do thomson instead if you want more transition ability than defesne ig

Ideally I would want the second to be this year's first but with Ott that's not happening. It would be ideal if they could acquire someone else's to give to us.

The issue I have with a 2023 protected first is it's still pretty likely that gets bumped to 2024 which is a long time to wait to see a return.

Unless the protection on the 2023 was very loose (ie only top 3 protected)

i mean i love garland but im probably not giving up a top 10 pick for him regardless of year and a promising RD prospect, maybe boeser and add to that, but would be pretty pressed for garland

just not sure who they have to move for a first, maybe they flip paul and a second for a teams 1st instead and send them that but theres not much worth 1st round value the sens should be trading

Oh I agree, that would be an overpay. Hence the issue I am having coming up with a proposal I think it's fair. It's there maybe another prospect you would be able to throw in to offset the difference between a 1st and the 2nd.

The other thing I could think of is it would be appealing if Ott took some of Vans dead cap space (Poolman, Dickinson, Myers) to offset the value difference.

what about swapping a retained zaitsev for myers

Yeah I would be up for that