The price for mikkola is: spin the wheel of defenseman values and see where it lands lol. I don’t see how dudes like Edmundson can get first round picks and this dude will probably get a third. I’ve seen 2000 minutes of both players and can tell you with certainty that Mikkola is better. I’ll say a 3rd + prospect.

Maatta’s price is a 2nd+

Lol fair enough on your "spin the wheel" take. There's a reason he's the guy I'd go for at the moment. What kind of prospect are the Blues looking for?

Maatta I would like to see a return of a second, would love something more like the Leddy trade but who knows. I think we should try resigning him as he is playing decent. Wouldn't mind maybe seeing Walker or some right handed dman coming back.

Fair. I think that's a little outside of the King's comfortable price-range for the type of player that Maatta is now, but I can understand why Detroit would ask for that. I'd imagine LA looks elsewhere at that cost. Thanks for the input!

Habs fans are gonna come in here asking for Turcotte & a 1st for Xhekaj, bewarned

Olli Maatta has 15 points in 37 games, He's on pace for 31 points in 78 games. He should be worth at least a 2nd if not a 2nd and C level prospect as well.

Would guess Mikkola would return a 2nd or a 3rd and a prospect possibly. But then again, I didn’t think there was any shot someone would be dumb enough to give a first for Chairot. Defensemen rental prices are odd. I would be happy with a 2nd or 3rd though for the sake of not asking for a fantasy return.

No idea tbh

Lol don't I know it. That's why I put in a pretty specifically worded statement for his portion lol. I've gotten in that argument before, no desire to do it again.

I'd be plenty happy to pay a price of a 3rd and a good-but-jumped-on-the-ladder prospect for Mikkola. Akil Thomas has kind of been my go-to type player in trades like this, but he's injured at the moment. Just using him as an example. Maybe a Kasper Simontaival? I'm not as high on him as some, but he's got some skill and it'll be interesting to see how he progresses in the professional world.

I’m not sold on the Canes selling Raanta just yet. Personally, I think the Canes run 3 goalies for the rest of the year, or Koochie gets sent down to Chicago to regain his confidence and the Canes run Freddie and Raanta. If they decide to run Freddie and Koochie for the remainder of the year, I could see Raanta being moved for the Canes to be able to make a bigger deadline splash. That being said, value wise, I would guess Raanta starts with a 2nd.

You can have Dumoulin

Urgh. Was hoping you'd inquire about Krug or Leddy.

McCabe would be a 2nd and a good F prospect. Hawks don't need to trade him and he's playing really well on a bad team, so any offer will have to "wow" the Hawks.

For Gavrikov, a 2023 1st + is the preference, but I think a 2023 2nd and 2024 1st might still work.

Bean had shoulder surgery late Novemner and is probably out the reminader of this season.
I think the Jackets would still want at least a 2nd for him since that is what they traded for him.
If they lose Gavrikov, then trading Bean would depend on what else they do in the off-season and how they feel about some of our other LD prospects.

I generally think the Blues would go for "best available" but if they're going to target prospects they have to be looking at defensemen, though I don't think Mikkola is going to fetch a defenseman of consequence from the Kings.

From a prospect pool perspective this makes sense- they have Neighbours, Bolduc and Snuggerud as prospects who are all on track to play NHL games in a top-9 role, with a likely top-16 pick in a forward heavy draft coming down the way. They have two goalie prospects putting up good AHL numbers this year in Zherenko and Hofer, with Hofer likely to crack the NHL full time next year. And on defense, they have a highly skilled but often injured and quickly aging Scott Perunovich, and then three guys that are likely to top out as bottom pair defensemen at best in Loof, Buchinger, and Kessel.

From a current roster perspective investing in a young defenseman makes sense too- we have a goalie (love him or, like me, don't) who is locked up for four more years with seemingly unlimited rope in the organization. We have a crop of strong forwards already playing well. And our defense stinks.

Again, Mikkola is probably not the kind of guy who is going to return a prospect of consequence. I feel like if he's traded we're talking picks and/or guys who are included just to make the contract limit work and have little upside. But generally speaking if I was targeting someone from LA, I like Grans and Kirsanov as defense prospects, though they're not having the best seasons in their respective leagues. I like Samuel *Unfortunate slur in his last name*emo too on the forward end of things. Obviously Turcotte and Spence too though don't really see a scenario where that's realistic.

Would venture to guess, if prospects at all are included the target would be a defensemen. Unfortunately I think with a Mikkola trade if a prospect is included it would be someone who’s a fairy long shot or a project. There’s certainly value in Mikkola. But his value is generally in terms of being able to eat minutes and play on the PK. His puck movement really isn’t NHL caliber. I don’t think there’s hardly any upside with him and I wonder what his next contract would begin to look like given he’s at 1.9 for this season which don’t get me wrong he definitely brings value at that mark. But I’d venture to guess he’s looking for a raise with term in free agency. I don’t know how much more he should really be given due to the inability to move the puck effectively.