As much as I would like Konecny, that pick is just too valuable to Detroit. Also if that was the price for Kevin Hayes I would be all over it in Detroit, especially at that aav.

Hayes at 7+ I might be slightly concerned about but Hayes at 5 mil for Bean a 2nd and a 3rd, I think is a trade Columbus has to explore. Columbus has always been weak down the middle so adding a top C prospect at the draft in Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson, Smith or Dvorsky (totally miss spelled that) and getting Hayes to take some pressure off Jenner, Sillinger and Karuly would be a win and a good offseason for Columbus. They would just need to sure up the left side of the defence a bit and find a way to protect Werenski from getting smoked every night.

Might be worth mentioning that this trade would bring his cap hit down to roughly 4 mil. How far is Svozil from getting an NHL look?

Yeah I think jarmo would be all over this deal. Mateychuck and svozil are probably still 2 years out. I hope they get a solid defensive free agent for the left side on a 2-3 year to serve as a stopgap

He probably gets a look for 9 games next season, depending on what jarmo does, since he is still in JRs this season I don’t see him getting a shot this year. But if I had to guess I’d agree with Sk101 that he’s still 2-3 years out from really being NHL ready just like Mayetchuck and Knazko on the left side.

Detroit isn't trading 1sts unless it's part of a package that brings in a 1/2c or a top 2 quality RHD with term, at a reasonable caphit...

The konecny trade could work but it depends where that Islanders pick ends up. If they make the playoffs and it's 24 then maybe but if it's 15 I can't see it. I'll gladly buy Hayes though if he's really on sale that much retained.

Obviously if Provorov moves out, that's a huge hole on LD that Bean would help fill, but Columbus has very few NHL-ready LD and a logjam at RD. Would it make sense to trade someone like Peeke instead? Jiricek looks NHL-ready, Boqvist is resurgent since coming back from injury, and Gudbranson's contract alone makes him the 3rd-pair RD staple for the next 3 seasons. That makes Blankenburg or Peeke the odd-man out. Would a Peeke+2nd OR 3rd land Hayes instead? If so, I don't love it, but I'd take it from Columbus's perspective.

CBJ would have: Werenski/Jiricek, Bean/Boqvist, Berni?/Gudbranson, Blankenburg for next year.

Nah, Blanks and Boqvist have been working on playing the left side with Peeke on the 2nd pair depending on the situation when the other players 3rd pair with Bayrughter.

Jiricek isn’t Top pair ready and will get torched in that spot next season, they’d be better off with a line up of;
Werenski - Peeke
Blankenburg - Jiricek
Boqvist - Gudbranson

With Berni, Christianson and Bjork ready as the 7-9 and keeping someone like Bayroughter as the extra on the roster. If any of the RHD get moved my guess is Boqvist since he is getting the most sheltered minutes of anyone on the roster and with a healthy Werenski he gets moved off PP1.

When I made this I kind of assumed it'd be somewhere in the low 1st round exit range, maybe like 18-20.