There are ways to get anyone from us. But I'll tell you this much about Matthews: if you get him, you probably won't like the players I'd have to take from you. It'd probably include Keller, Juolevi and Vancouver's first in 2018. Marner would be a package for slightly less, but he'd still cost a lot. As far as Zaitsev goes, I don't think you have anything that could adequately replace him for us.

I love Matthews, but I don't think I can give all that. Could a Marner trade look something like this?


Marner


Melker Karlsson
Kevin Labanc
Derrick Pouliot
2018 1st (VAN)
2019 1st (VAN)


That's pretty much as high as I could go. Don't want to sacrifice too much for one player

Whoa. I'll talk with bman about this one. I would consider it, but I'd have to get bman's take first obviously.

What happened to this then? -


You said a 6th, your words not mine. SJS 6th and finish this deal off aight? Im very fond of 6th round picks as you can see

Cool man, let me know ASAP

I did. But that was before I dug a little deeper into Dell and Markstrom and realized that Dell played better, although it was in less games. So it's now a seventh. The more I think about it, the more I think that it's a better idea for me to not do it. So if you want to, ya better do it fast.

Whatever, 2018 COL 7th? I'll write it up if you confirm

Deal. Good doing business with you

You too

dauphin for kilmchuk

So with this trade, I don't think Pouliot fits for us. I'd want Merrill included in the trade.

No thanks

So the new deal is


Marner


Merrill
Labanc
Karlsson
VAN 1sts in 2018 & 2019

Yessir. I'm going to explore other offers on Marner, but I'll give you every chance to match an offer. And we should just combine this trade and the AA for Kapanen trade. Just to make it a little easier, ya know?

Alright, get back to me ASAP

2019 2 for 2017 3 and 2017 5 ?

No thank you.

2 2018 2nds and Kruger for AA and a 2018 3rd?

No thanks, I have a better deal already in place right now.

four 2019 and dustin brown for Marleau Ufa

So after thinking about this Marner trade some more, I've concluded that I'd need more high end pieces than a bunch of decent pieces. So I've come up with a separate deal:


Daniel Sprong
2018 1st (VAN)
2019 1st (VAN)
Melker Karlsson
Andreas Athanasiou
John Merrill
Jannik Hansen
Curtis Mckenzie


Mitch Marner
Kasperi Kapanen
Jeremy Bracco
JD Greenway

Definitely not. I'd need a lot more than a fourth to take on Duster Brown's contract

Holy cow, this would be a huge blockbuster. But if you and the head GM like it, so do I. Do we have a deal?

My 2017 VAN 3rd for your 2018 DET 3rd?

I'd need to see how the draft board falls before I do that. Maybe once we're in the mid-second round, I'd do it.