What's the incentive for Arizona?

Pretty sure the Canes take that, especially if it can be done after seeing Coghlan a bit more in training camp.

MTL won't retain for that long.

The Armia trade doesn't make sense for the sens to make to begin with.

I think the Ethan Bear one is definitely a good trade that I could see being made.

You would have to add a draft pick and a b-level prospect to make the Zaitsev deal work, don't think Arizona will do that 1-for-1 trade.

No way the Habs retain for 3 years for a 4th. We only get 3 retentions.

What about Nikita Zaitsev, a 2nd 2023 and a 4th 2024, for Joel Armia (no retention) and maybe something else?

Sounds great!

you could have just added the notes for the Bear trade IN the Bear trade, didnt need to bring Anaheim fans into this......

Don't see why the Sens should add a 2nd to take on Armia's dump. The extra year should almost make the pick the other way around



Great for Montreal, absolutely awful for Ottawa

I'd much rather have Zaitsev 2 years at 4.5 than Armia 3 years at 3.4

Plus Zaitsev bonus is already paid so he makes only 2.5 for the rest of the season

If the Sens don't overplay Zaitsev this season, it will show that he can handle 3rd pairing minutes adequately so the last year of his contract won't be costly to dump, particularly if they opt to pay his bonus again next off-season

On top of all that, Zaitsev becomes way more useful in case of injuries. Armia is just not needed at all, injuries or not.

Forgot about the extra year. Thank for reminding me!