Lets Get Kraken
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I am not really sure why either team would do this. Seattle isn’t going to trade Gourde, as he is one of their best centers, and he brings a lot of playoff experience to the team. The Kraken would be downgrading from Gourde to Evans, but upgrading from Fleury to Savard, but I don’t think the difference would just be a second round pick. Seattle just isn’t in a position to consider trading Gourde.
Moving on to the Arizona trade, at this point, it likely takes more than an Eichel like return to pry Chychrun away. Chychrun is one of 3 established NHLers not on an ELC who are signed for 3+ years, which means that Chychrun would be a part of their throughout most of the Coyotes rebuild. Plus, right now, with the Yotes going to play at ASU for the next couple of seasons, they will have a harder time drawing free agents in than Buffalo. So keeping their roster players who have term on their contracts (Keller, Shmaltz, and Chychrun) should be top priority for the Yotes.