Blues don't need more wingers and we already have our goalie tandem for next year

Bruins accept. Can probably get more imo

Buffalo isn't doing that.

Florida shouldn't do that

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Why not?

Why not?

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ok cool. But you chose the blues and I responded saying they wouldn't be interested

I wish BOS has any more picks to give. I was hoping they'd get a 2023 1st if they trade a goalie, and that'd go to CGY. But, down to the wire here. I think Lindholm to BOS makes sense, just trying to find the right combo of roster players

Because mittelstadt is good and Backlund is old and expiring?

Because Reinhart is better than hanifin

I really just picked a team that probably would want to compete next year, and had a lot of draft picks. But, to play devil's advocate... you are currently projected to have Kasperi Kapanen and Samuel L. Blais as your middle 6 wingers if Buch stays as a centerman. Joel HallOfFamer, a dude with 8 NHL games experience and over a 3 GAA is your backup. To say you couldn't benefit from upgrades in these positions is pretty funny. But really, I just picked a team that I thought could be in the playoff hunt that had some spare picks. They could go anywhere

That BUF trade is pretty bad. Not fair value at all for BUF.

I feel like BUF are going to go for a big free agent winger (Kane, etc) that'll push Middlestadt to the 3rd line. Backlund is just immensely better at playing a 3rd line game than Casey. BUF could really benefit from having a defensive minded center on their team with all their youthful skill. All good teams that go deep have them. Backlund also matches or exceeds the point output of Casey in all their years (Casey had 3 more points last year, Backlund blows him out of the water every other year). He's 34... plenty of years left. It'll be more money to re-sign Casey than it will be to re-sign Backlund. Trust me, I'd rather have Backlund in CGY, but the dude wants to leave, so what are you gonna do? Every team needs a Backlund.

FLA's biggest problem last year was having no LD... Marc Staal was a 2LD for cripe's sake. That just can't happen; he was barely one during his heyday. They are so flush with offensive talent that Reinhart was demoted to the 3rd line. Hanifin plays 1st pairing minutes and is solid defensively; since Forsling is already married to Ekbad he can become Montour's new fling and let him do his thing. They play completely different positions, styles, etc, so it's really hard to say one is better than the other... but, a team's needs are obviously paramount when looking at trades. With Knight coming back to the team, FLA are gonna be in a cap crunch and are gonna lose a winger most likely in order to get D help, which is really important. I think it's a pretty nice swap, but CGY can certainly add something if absolutely necessary. I originally was going to go with Duclair, but thought Reinhart would be more baitable... they are both expiring and Reinhart is arguably going to cost more than Duclair, so FLA chooses to keep the Duke.

I just don't agree.

Guys don’t have “plenty of years left” At 34. Think the point being CM is on the rise and Backlund is on the descent. Wouldn’t surprise me if he retired after this last year on his deal.

Would rather do that for Hanafin (Lindholm should cost more), or swap 1st w a prospect or 2