Ok

They don’t have to offersheet him in order to talk to him. Once he is an RFA he can go around and talk to teams about anything, just like he were a UFA.

And if Fiala says there is one team he is willing to extend with, Guerin would not set the price. It would be a monopsony, single-buyer would set price.

Fiala can’t talk to teams until July 9th, so no, you’re wrong.

The buyer doesn’t get to set the price if the seller has the option to retain his asset. This is all simple economics.

Ottawa is open and ready to make a trade like this. The 7th OA pick is available. Sokolov is a fan favorite prospect but with the log jam coming up it will be very hard to make the team anyway. They can afford to move him


If they make this trade, they could literally have this forward group :

Tkachuk - Norris - Batherson
Greig - Stutzle - Fiala
Formenton - Pinto - Brown
Joseph - White - Watson
Crookshank - Kastelic - Kelly


I know some will say Joseph, Brown or Formenton are more proven than Greig for that LW spot, which is true but I think this kid makes the team and never looks back.