Why is BOS dumping a pending UFA?
Keep pick and keep Smitty for playoffs, then let him be a UFA July 1...

poor Jack Johnson

Didn't he just get a cup ring?
dude is an Avalanche legend!

or did you mean poor because of all the money his dad screwed him out of?

Toews has 2 more pts in 4 more games than Erod, 4 less pts in 7 less games than Compher and he is a shell of himself defensively. Throw in COL isn’t trading their 23 1st for a rental and that’s a pretty easy no.

Leafs don't need Lafferty. Make it just a straight 1st for McCabe at 50% retained and I'd take that deal and ship off Holl separately for assets or keep Holl and ship off Benn if we don't make any moves up from since we have enough space to take a 1.25M cap increase

McCabe isn't good enough to warrant that price. He's not great defensively, is less physical than Sandin and he's not really big either. He's just not at all what TO needs.

https://twitter.com/fvc022/status/1618029031802433536?t=jMV_VfbyxR3TytvvAuKRwA&s=19

I could be wrong but most analytics like above that I've seen have him as one of the top defensive D in the league.

No chance Kane gets two 1sts

You could have at least thrown JJ into that Colorado deal. Even then it should still be a hefty helping of Nope!

There's "optimistic" then there's "delusional". This is more of the latter.

I think Kane sucks this year, but I still think there's a good chance that Chicago gets a haul for him from a GM like Holland who's stuck in the past. Plus, I think that the chance of Kane and McDavid/Drai on a line would be hard to pass on if they don't get Karlsson.

Using points is not a fair comparison, considering that Toews has played for a far worse team. Toews has had a lot of reported interest from contenders that could drive his price up, and there have been several far worse rentals dealt for first rounders in recent years. While not the player he used to be, Toews is still a valuable player that any contender would be thrilled to have as a middle six center.

Yeah, I probably should've looked more at Toronto's forward depth. Lafferty probably won't help too much this season, but I still think it's possible that Toronto trades for him knowing that he has another year left at a cheap AAV. Maybe Chicago could package him with Kane or Toews to get a better return elsewhere.

Doesn't have to be Boston dumping Smith. I was just giving an example of a trade that Chicago could make to take advantage of their cap space.

The only thing is Holland is very against trading high picks for rentals, adding in Bourgault (who he took a MASSIVE risk trading down from Wallstedt on in 2021) is probably a non-starter for him... but who knows.

Edmonton is more likely in on Toews at 50% who they could acquire for a 2nd plus a mid-bottom 6 guy (foegele, Pulji, etc...) and then send a 4th for another 50% retention on him.

Okay, but...
You still need to make an offer back to the "club" of choice..."air" is not a tradeable NHL commodity (Bettman is likely looking into it however for a new revenue stream)!

Not a team that’s only pick in the 23 draft is a first. COL for practical reasons can’t trade their 23 1st because then they would be completely passing on 2 drafts, throw in a depleted prospect pool and if they are trading that first they need to get more than 25 games and a playoff run. COL’s roster is getting expensive and will get more expensive next year. I’m not saying Toews wouldn’t help but imo COL is looking guys that cost less.