Girard is a redundancy behind Toews and Byram on the left side. Colorado clearly needs a top six forward so they pick up ADB (no extension in place, they figure it out next summer after seeing how/if Landeskog recovers).

ADB seems to have worn out his welcome in Ottawa. Holloway would be a great main piece of the return, seems to be the style of player Ottawa wants.

Edmonton needs to do something before Draisatl's either walks as a UFA or becomes an albatross contract. Holloway is unlikely to make a huge impact before then. Girard gives them a strong puck-moving defender on the left side on a reasonable contract.

Secondary pieces/draft picks might need to be added, but how is this as a general framework?

DeBrincat would be fun in Colorado but I can’t see them wanting to pay his price tag, especially considering Landeskog is expected to return for the 2024-2025 season.

Moving Girard likely would mean COL intends on extending Toews, which means a DeBrincat extension would be that much harder to fit under the cap.

I don’t think I understand this from Edmonton’s POV unless they’re trying to get rid of Ceci or buy out Nurse.

This trade won’t work for Edmonton they have zero cap space right now all the cap space is gonna be used on Bouchard Mcleoud and lavoie so money has to get moved out if we’re bringing money in