Quoting: Dutchies
as much as I hate to say it, you're right. Guhle is gonna be good. Really good.
Personally I'd rather do the FLA first and Anderson 50% retained for the duration of his contract.
I've said it before and I'm gonna stick to my guns on it here:
'24 1st (top 5 protected or a split protection where the pick must be within the 6-12 range or other circumstances kick in; Hughes seems to like his protection deals with endless if's & when's), '23 3rd, + a guy like Ylonen - this is the package I'd be willing to give up for him with our current circumstances.
Dach got a 1st (13OA) and a 3rd for the same draft year. This deal is built around that one, 1st moved back a year but with only top 5 protection gives opportunity for this to be a 6OA pick. The 3rd to match the 1st/3rd deal Dach returned. Add Ylonen as extra for moving back a year for the 1st, as well as the draft position (Laf went 1st, Dach went 3rd) and the added bonus that Ylonen will have a similar output as Laf does now but at a much more team friendly cap hit moving forward. I might add a tiny bit more but that's about as far as I'd be willing to go for him right now, maybe another depth piece or two (Dad 50% retained, depth defenceman, pieces like this to help with the bottom 6 & 5-7 D). Our '23 firsts should just be out of the question completely imo unless they're somehow part of a deal to bring in a generational talent.