Roslovic doesn't want to play in Canada, He pretty much forced his way out of Winnipeg. Plus Roslovic and Boqvist aren't enough to drop 13 spots in the draft.

That’s terrible for the Canucks. Dropping 13 spots to acquire an offensive d man who doesn’t produce and is made of glass, and a middle six forward which we have a lot of already. No reason to do this

Hell no lol

First, no one is going to want to acquire Tyler Myers and his $5 million signing bonus payable on July 1, so he can't be included in this trade, but there are teams who will take him with an incentive after July 2.

Second, what is Nils Hoglander doing in this deal? Columbus will be THRILLED to move the LA pick to tenth overall. (And you DO know that if you lose your last game and Detroit and Washington win theirs, the pick becomes number 8, don't you?)

Third, this might make sense if you were getting Andrew Peeke and a very good prospect (i.e., a youngster with real potential), but both Roslovic and Boqvist are iffy (Roslovic because, as you've already pointed out, he's a rental, and Boqvist because of his injury history). Even then, this is indeed a "no-brainer" for Columbus, but a dubious action for a team that was so far out of the playoffs this season.

I've been working on a response to this since I saw it was posted and had no comments yet. I'm glad I decided to refresh before I posted my own comment because you've helped me distill my own thoughts.

I do think there's a kernel of a good deal here. Take out Roslovic and Myers for sure; neither have any value to the other team. Swap Boqvist to Peeke. Rebalance from there with lesser prospects or picks. But a core of 10oa for the LAK pick and Peeke seems like a good starting spot.

That sucks for VAN
If they want us to move down 13 spots in this draft class the price is Kent Johnson

It is not

Thank you for your insightful response.

Lol 10 OA doesn’t even get you get Kent Johnson. Let alone throwing in another 1st

I love seeing people reply to that guy so I can be reminded once again why he’s on my ignore list. The homer-est of homers with no concept of how the hockey economy works.

This trade would likely occur after the lottery, so "This improves their chances of getting Bedard by 3.5%" would be moot factor.

IMO The idea is fine but the execution is off. If the goal is to trade down, do it to get REALLY what you want. Not just sort of. This feels like your trying to shed a little salary, get a little better offensively and still draft in the 1st round. The more of those boxes you want to tick, the more grey the deal looks.

oh right. my bad.

Myers' signing bonus is paid on 15 Sep, not 1 July