Edited Jun. 30, 2022 at 2:33 p.m.
Quoting: tkecanuck341
Interesting concept, but I think the Kings lose in this trade. Assuming they were willing to trade Quick (they're not), If they're the ones giving up all of that, then Arizona should be retaining on Nylander, not on Quick.
If Toronto wants retention on Quick, they need to give up extra assets, not LA. Take out Durzi or Turcotte and add an equivalent prospect (Robertson?) going from Toronto to Arizona and this is closer to fair value. Otherwise, Toronto gets Quick at his full cap hit and LA gets Nylander with 25% retention by Arizona.
LA makes it out pretty well actually, if anything they are getting the best deal, ARZ is just getting their ask (which is probably too much but will call it even for them), and Tor is losing in terms of value, but they are getting cap flexibility.
LA would need to give up a lot more than a 2nd -which would be given for ARZ to pay for the Quick retention, whether LA or Tor pays it would be a matter of negotiation-for a 25% Nylander retention for 2 years (not sure why you want retention on him since his deal is already good value, especially considering they paid Fiala close to 8. Nylander PPG rate was 0.98 and Fiala's was 1.03. If you look career-wise Nylander kills Fiala by 0.11. Arz would take a top prospect from LA to retain on Nylander for 2 years)
LA loses Kempe, Durzi (who would probably cost at least 6.5m ,pretty much Nylander's cap, and perhaps more if they were to resign in LA), Quick, Turcotte, 2023 1st + 2nd (if they are paying for Quick retention) and get Nylander+Chychrun+1.2m (difference between Quick and Chychrun's contracts).
Long-term it's better for them to move NHL ready guys to get Chychrun, since they there's a ton of RFAs who broke out that need extensions this year (and allows them to keep a deep prospect pool), and Moore who's starting to break out as well will need an extension next year. Can't keep them all, so might as well move some of the guys that they need to sign now, Arz wouldn't be interested since it will waterdown the Chychrun return and also their financial position, but Toronto would be interested in Kempe and Durzi.
To get Chychrun from ARZ, Kings probably need to give two of their top prospects + their 2023 1st if they pay ARZ's ask. Top prospects as in Turcotte, Brandt Clarke, Kaliyev, etc...Durzi probably doesn't qualify (they would see him as a young guy at best but then would want a top prospect and two high picks)