I don't think Garland is a negative asset tbh

Garland for JG Pageau might be a good base if the Isles are interested in Garland.

i honestly dont either but the way im seeing this guy get talked about it seems like he is

Def isn't . Nucks fans keep mocking him for Pageau so ur looking at prob a 2 and 3 for Garland

I definitely would be, big fan of Garland. It's hard to see happening irl though because Garland might be too small for their liking and then the Isles would be down a 3C themselves

The reason it makes some sense to me is that they just traded for Horvat. Horvat, Barzal and Nelson are all capable centers.

Oh I agree and imo they should all be playing center. I'm hoping they set them up 1-2-3 down the middle next year but I think we're going to see Barzal and Horvat play together again, at least to start. They had some chemistry early and the upside is there, but moving Barzal off C seems to have been a bigger adjustment than anticipated.

If they do decide to use those three as centers though, Pageau absolutely should be expendable and getting a true winger in return would be ideal

An undersized, sub-20 goal wing making $5MM for three more years? I could see them having to pay to offload that.