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-It's been said ad nauseam but Colorado doesn't need Sean Monahan and isn't giving up this year's 1st for him - they've only had 6 picks in the last two drafts, with half of those being in the 6th & 7th; and if they trade this year's first they won't pick until the 5th round in the 2023 draft. Also worth noting: Sean Monahan has already missed 6 weeks with an injury. With his injury history, don't you think teams are going to see this as a huge red flag?
-I could see Edmonton thinking about this but I'd think that they might run into some cap trouble next year without moving someone. They've only got 8 forwards under contract for next year and only $8.3M in cap space - plus Evan Bouchard will be needing a new deal, along with a few other RFA forwards. Oilers fans can probably shed more light on this, but I would thinking adding Eddy to next year's roster might create a bit of a logjam that would force them to trade a guy.
-No chance the Rangers would bite on this. They'd be spending a big chunk of their deadline cash on turning Kravstov (5 pts in 24 GP, 23 years old, RFA) into Drouin (0-12-12 in 28 GP, $2.75M cap hit, pending UFA). I just don't think it's enough of an improvement for them to send out a player like Kravstov - I think he's better used as a chip to potentially get a winger with term, if they were going to use him in a move. Drouin just has too big of a cap hit for the production he brings to the table - I still say that with him (and Dadonov) Montreal will get the best return by sending a later pick to a third team to double-retain those guys down to cap hits that are more in line with their bottom-6 production.
-Speaking of third teams, no one is giving up a 2nd round pick for retention - there's no precedent really for that kind of price. Florida got a 6th rounder and the rights to a 25 year old KHL guy for retaining $1.325M of Max Domi last year; San Jose got a 4th for retaining $1.375M of Nick Foligno two years ago, the Leafs got a 5th for retaining $1.1M of Robin Lehner three years ago, I could go on but you get the point. Max I could see the Habs getting as a third team on a Kane or Toews retention would be a 4th and a warm body prospect.