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-Why would the Avs trade a guy getting 20+ minutes a night for a rental in Horvat, and why in the world are they adding a 1st to that? No way Colorado does that deal, it opens up a big hole on the blue line to "fix" 2C by getting a guy who's shooting 10% better than his career numbers in a contract year.
-Arizona tells you "no backsies" - or, at best, "not enough". If we assume Lekkerimaki is even enough value to re-absorb OEL's deal, then you're only offering a 1st this year and a 2nd three drafts away for Chychrun's services. Just not enough value here for Arizona to help you out.
-I don't know why Ottawa is gonna give you a 3rd to absorb Myers' $6M AAV when they are in a position where they might not be able to extend Alex Debrincat because of cap issues. If anything, you can ship Myers to a cap floor team like Anaheim for FCs after his signing bonus is paid - they *might* give you a small asset for the right to pay $1M on a $6M AAV, but that's about the best you can expect for him at this point.
-Stillman would be the 4th or 5th best LHD on Buffalo (depending how you feel about Kale Clague) - I don't see a reason for Buffalo to spend any sort of asset on the type of player they could just sign off an AHL roster if they needed the depth.
-Kakko might be a disappointment based on his draft position, but he's at least scoring at a 35-40 point pace and getting 15 minutes a night in the NHL. Hoglander can't even get ice time with a team set to rebuild like the Canucks - so, no, I don't think throwing the Rangers a 3rd rounder in 2025 is going to be enough to make up the value difference between the two guys.
As far as making the playoffs? I think it depends on Demko - this team is slightly better than the current Canucks team, but you only got there with a handful of deals that saved you cap space to sign guys like Severson and Compher. In a reality where every break happened in your favor and this team came together, I could see them being a wild card team - my biggest concern is that the only really strong defensive D you have is Luke Schenn, and you only have him because he agreed to take a pay cut to play for team. I think that you're gonna be playing a lot of high-event hockey with this squad.