I see very few scenarios where Tampa would trade colton, this would make them accept. Colton does have a greater offensive touch than Drury. Drury is a good defensive and more economical bottom 6 option for TBL plus they get the draft pick (which they really need). Tampa can hope to tap into Drury's offensive abilities a little more

Vejmelka is a very high risk/high reward type goalie. CAR can save the futures and sign Andersen or Raanta. Andersen was great in 2021-22 and Raanta was great this yr. Either way it is a good pairing and Pyotr is NHL ready at this point

If the flames don’t feel confident in resigning Toffoli, I could see a trade but they would need to give up a first, Rees and maybe something else as Toffoli is truly that good

I'm sorry folks, Toffoli returned a 1st and a prospect just over a year ago, then proceeded to have a career year. Yeah, there is only a year left now, but even as a rental he'd get a 1st+

Yeah, think I underestimated that one a tad. I initially had that exact trade for Viktor Arvidsson, which I think for him it's more fair. I switched it to Toffoli because I think he fits the Canes better overall, however I didn't think too much about the return when I did that. My mistake.

Switch the 2nd to a 1st for Toffoli and it's not far off imo. Maybe need to add a small sweetener in that scenario. But Toffoli/Arvidsson are the exact type of players in the exact situations that the Canes brass will go after. Experienced players that can shoot well/score goals and play our system, on teams that have cap issues and will need to offload somebody so that they can actually put a full roster on the ice. Because of the cap situations, I don't think Toffoli or Arvidsson would cost quite as much as they otherwise would in a trade. That and they both only have one year left.

The good news is that I also signed Raanta! 😀

Good to hear that the trade for Colton works out well. I think it's a great trade for both sides. Colton can score a bit more like you said and he plays a heavier game as well, both things the Canes need badly. Taking advantage of Tampa's cap situation to get a player like Colton is exactly what the Canes have to do.

See my other comment about Toffoli lol

I found the edit button lol

TB laughs hysterically this offer "Makes them accept" Bhahahahahahaha Bhahahahahahaha Bhahahahahahaha. They don't give a rats a$$ about picks. They gave a1-5 for a 3rd liner and you think a 2 and a 4th liner gets you a potential 30+ goal scorer? Which gives TB the better chance at winning the next 2-3 years Colton or Drury and the puck? If your answer is Colton TB say NO!!! If your answer isn't Colton your wrong and TB says NO!!!?

You're higher than a satellite if you think TB takes that 💩 offer.

Pass on renting Toffoli for a year at that cost

Gotta be honest, I don't think Tampa will be getting much more of an offer than this and they can't afford to keep him so too bad for them.

You're higher than a satellite if you think they get substantially more than this

I wouldn't and I don't think the front office would either

Any Colton trade to Pittsburgh starts with POJ +

Idk who that is and dgaf about Pittsburgh lmao