Winnipeg is loaded with LD I don't think Gostisbehere fits for them.

Maybe….

Horvat – COL
Boeser – NJD or CAR
Schenn – Stays
Gavrikov – EDM, FLA or LAK
Nyquist – NYI
Puljujarvi – ANA
Reimer – Stays
Karlsson – BUF (taking a leap here)
Meier – NYR
Dumba – Stays
Kane – NYI?
Toews – WPG
Domi – TBL
Tarasenko – Stays
O’Reilly – Stays
Klingberg – DAL (?)
Monahan – extends in MTL
Edmundson – EDM or FLA
Chychrun – OTT (at draft)
Gostisbehere – extends in ARI

Colorado is a great fit for Horvat hockey wise but they don't have the assets/flexibility to make a trade work.

Horvat - CAR
Boeser - Stays
Schenn - EDM
Gavrikov - LAK
Nyquist - PIT
Puljujarvi - MTL
Reimer - PIT
Karlsson - EDM (draft)
Meier - NJD (draft)
Dumba - Stays
Kane - NYR
Toews - WPG
Domi - TOR
Tarasenko - NJD
O'Reilly - COL
Klingberg - DAL
Monahan - PIT
Edmundson - WSH
Chychrun - OTT (draft)
Gostisbehere - NYR

COL isn’t trading for a high priced rental they can’t re-sign.

You think NJ is getting Tarasenko?

They're looking for a top 6 winger.

According to every fans on CF, no team is trading for a rental every year.

It doesn't seem out of the question to me.

Fitz has kicked tires on VT before, he's looking to add a top-6 winger and I'm sure he'd like to add that experience like he did with Palat.

I would assume Meier is his top choice, but if he likes the value on getting VT (and he comes with an extension of course), then I think he'd be interested.

COL emptied their pipeline pretty much last year. They traded a 1st, 2 2nds 2 3rds a 5th, their top 3 defensive prospects, before that they traded 2 more 2nds for Toews, meaning they don’t have a 2nd or 3rd rd pick until 2025, they have really only 2 forward and 2 prospects that are potential NHL regulars, they have what is going to be an even more expensive roster in the next 3 years with Newhook and Byram needing extensions after this year, Toews after next year (likely unable to re-sign), and Rantanen the year after that. Being able to add to the roster with some cheap young talent is going to imperative and considering the team hasn’t even played one game with a full top 6, and not even 10 games where they played without missing at least 2 dmen out of the top 4. Will they look to add yeah but they aren’t going to trade multiple non roster high end assets for somebody they get for what 20 regular season games and one playoff run. This isn’t a team whose window is closing in a year it’s open for the next 5 minimum unless they trade away all their young assets watch guys like Toews and other walk and have no way to replace them at all. COL needs to get healthy their additions at the deadline will be in house guys coming off IL and that starts as soon as the all star break ends when Byram, Nichushkin and Manson are all expected back, that’s a very heavy influx of talent.

I see it being a younger winger because Fitzgerald was asked about it and he said he was looking for a young winger to go along and grow with our core, i.e. Meier. It could be Tarasenko but what would NJ trade for Tank?

They want Meier, but i think SJ will hold onto him until the draft to make sure he gets the best offers from every teams. Tarasenko would be a rental.