why on earth would columbus want ristolainen

hes better than Gudbranson....

Because, all GMs are retreads so when Chuck Fletcher gets hired somewhere you can trade him Ristolainen for a 1st, 2nd, and a cheaper defenseman who is just as good.

No thank you. If that's the offer, I'll happily keep Gudbranson (who's great in the room) and Roslovic (who's only got a single year left).

Even in the worst case, Guds’ contract isn’t a bad bury/buy-out. Pass.

1. No thanks on Ristolainen for reasons others here have already stated better, though it's more interesting than "Hayes for a 2nd and 3rd"
2. A Peeke for Zadorov swap would be intriguing. I wonder how Calgary feels about that value. Columbus gets the better player who fills a need, Calgary gets a younger RD who also fills a need? I kind of like it.
3. We can get more value for Robinson and Bemstrom, easily. Robinson is either a cheap extension next season (I like him as a 4th line winger) or a deadline asset to send to a contender for likely a 3rd or 4th. Bemstrom would be a good candidate for a player-for-player scenery swap, but he's not a throw-in and certainly not a dump.

I don't mind the Orlov signing at all. I don't think we re-sign Foligno, even at $1M for one year, based on CBJ's current winger situation (though I'm all for it if we can get Toronto to throw us another 1st for him at the 2024 deadline).

Flyers trade makes 0 sense for either team, just send Hayes alone for picks

Flames Decline. We’d rather have Zadorov over Peeke

Interesting that you would bring Gudbranson’s D-Partner in, but instead of reuniting them, you move him