I wonder if the entire defensive and goaltending market is now waiting on Arizona. Toronto needs to trade a defenseman for example.
I think arizona probably has the best option available now for both positions, especially for the wildcard teams with the term of Chychrun. They also have maybe the best forward in Schmaltz. Thanks Bill.
It would freeze all teams considering alot of things, and unless I’m just being dumb there isn’t a LHD anywhere near that caliber left on the market.
Meanwhile the forwards available is getting pretty slim - expected another cascade of trades on that front today as each team tried to get the next best option.
Still thinking there should be more today. TSN trade bait list’s top 20 updated: (with bonus commentary)
Chychrun (just do it plz)
Bertuzzi (was expecting this today)
JVR (maybe Friday?)
Hurricanes 1st (on Friday for JVR?)
Edmundson (hasn’t played since Jan 26, value is….?)
Talbot (idk who needs a goalie)
Ghostbear (idk who would want)
Boesser (free this man)
STL’s 1sts (I want Lawson Crouse)
Bjugdstadt (replaces Puljujarvi?)
Domi (thought would be today)
Kerfoot (it must suck being him because every leaf fan has put him in trade rumors since the second he joined the team)
Reimer (still don’t know who needs a goalie)
Schmaltz (big ole trade but bill Armstrong sucks)
Vrana (wait a year to trade him or Pennies on the dollar, plus huge cap hit for lots of risk)
Foegele (idk)
Greenway (honestly not a bad target - swap for Boesser?)
Seeler (shouldn’t this be Provorov?)
Karlsson (yes, Erik. How can his cap hit fit? And term……….)
Kulikov (the best lhd that isn’t Chychrun? Says a lot about the market? Idk)
Parayko is off the trade bait list