Something like that might work for Fiala depending on what other teams are offering. Supposedly the 2023 draft is going to be deeper so Guerin may like the idea of getting a pick that stands a good chance of not being a playoff pick.

If I am Minnesota, a package of Gritsyuk, #37 and a retained Johnsson or Tatar would look fairly appealing to me. Maybe they’d want a protected future 1st instead of #37, which works too. But Gritsyuk will be entering his prime when Wild exit the buyout bulge and they have shown they can handle quality Russian 5th rounders.

Maybe Devils could squeak a short-term 3rd pair dman out of deal too.

Oil take that and run in my opinion. Would be really good value. Pulju should become a dependable 20G 50P winger with defensive competence. But Smith would be a great get on the Left side with Kulak uncertain to be back and Keith in his last year, and Wood (if healthy) improves the 3rd line pretty well. The 2nd is gravy, imo.

That package isn’t appealing at all. If you did the bare minimum and looked at a depth chart you would know why too.

I know their depth chart well. Gritsyuk and a top-40 pick would be a huge return.

Yep, cause we definitely need another three left wingers to go with Kap, Greenway, Boldy and our two left handed wingers playing right wing in Foligno and Zuccarello.

Keep talking nonsense though.

Gritsyuk and that pick wouldn't arrive until around 2024.
Foligno and Zuccarello will be gone, Greenway in his final year.

You give off the feeling like Gritsyuk is the next Kaprizov. He isn’t. Slim chance that 2nd round pick is playing the NHL 2 years later. Collectively, not worth a current 25 year old point per game player. I certainly would take #7 or Holtz straight up before that package and almost every article I’ve read has seemed to indicate a deal could be made around those pieces.

I have not seen anything suggesting Alexander Holtz will be available.
Send a link if you have.

I think the Buchnevich and Reinhart trades should serve as baseline comps.
I would be shocked if a top-10 pick or a top-10 prospect is in play.

And yet there have been multiple articles and comments by beat writers and insiders alike, like Michael Russo and Elliott Friedman that Dorion is open to moving the 7th OVA pick for a player like Fiala and have attached his name to it as a likely trade target.

Last I checked. That's a top 10 pick.

Furthermore, Fiala's name was attached to the Devils 1st back when it was still the 5th OVA. By multiple insider's, including Friedman.

Again, a top ten pick.

Regardless of it no longer being available given its change to being the 2nd OVA now. It was still considered to be in play for Fiala while it was still the 5th. If Dorion is open to moving the 7th OVA for Fiala, a prospect like Holtz who was taken at that same spot two years ago is of comparable value. That's just common sense at work. That's where that comes from.

Then, in their most recent articles. Both Michael Russo and Kevin Kurz suggested that the likely framework for a trade to the Isles would center around the 13th OVA and either one of Wahlstrom or Raty. And that's coming from both teams own beat-writers.

Sure, the Isles offer speculation may not be a top-10 pick. But it's still a hell of a lot more than either the Reinhart or Buchnevich comps would suggest he would bring back. Which is why they don't fit very well.

Those comps may be the closest idea we have for what's at hand. But that doesn't mean they're particularly close or right as to what will actually happen. They're simply the only ones that are out there. By all accounts it sounds as if Fiala's value is much higher than those comps, as it should be. Neither Reinhart or Buchnevich were coming off of 33 goal 80+ point seasons at over a PPG at the time of their trades. Fiala is. If they were, they would of gotten far more back in return for what they did in actuality.

Again, common sense.

I fully understand your thinking and everything that leads to speculation around these trade scenarios. But would still be surprised to see a top-10 pick or top-10 prospect included in any deal. Teams that own such assets do not normally move them. And with the amount of teams willing to move top-6 wingers, buyers can be selective.

We shall see.
Interesting times.