Gaudreau isn't worth that. He was before he signed in CBJ, but his value has quickly dropped from his 115 point season

No thanks to Gaudreau. No interest in paying that much for that long for him to play 2nd fiddle to Forsberg

Gaudreau isn't waiving for Nashville.

Laine has challenges you're not getting no 2nd for him.

Perron is staying in Detroit.

And more than likely Henrique is staying in Edmonton.

No thanks. Don’t really want a meh defence man in Boqvist.

Cap hit is a bit high but 5 years is good relative to 7 years UFAs would seek. I'd say at least a first. Still pretty solid despite how poor CBJ has been. TBs unlikely to be early.

Fair enough for the cap hit but I think he'd still boost Nash. Maybe not the ideal for though.

Tampa doesn't have the cap. But a team with, aren' they a lot better just signing a UFA for 9.75m and keep their picks

Oh man if I was a GM I'd be licking my chops at the possibility of getting Laine for a 2nd

Imagine turning Tanner Jeannot into Johnny Gaudreau and still having leftovers

Preds dont need to spend money and assets on more wingers. We need centers and RD

This 100% seems motivated by getting your Jiricek proposal called dumb lol.

Lol I'm not aiming to please. I make all sorts.

It's difficult to put a price on Laine. Over the last 4 seasons, he's averaged 43 games/season, but when he's been on the ice, he's ~PPG on the top line. Given his contract, there's big risk to the acquiring team.

No to all of those trades. We are not in a rush for cap space, and selling low on three major assets would be an egregious mistake.

Jackets decline all trades

I can tell you for certain the jackets aren’t trading laine for a second

Cool your jets, Skippy, I didnt say **** about him only being worth a second.

Secondly, you don't know what Columbus would trade him for at this point. He's a remnant of the past regime who has been a bounce back candidate for four years, as a result his value has been slipping for four years, and he hasn't been as advertised in Columbus. He's got two seasons left on a nearly 9 million dollar cap hit, there's going to be next to no appetite league wide due to the risks that acquiring him carries. Yeah, he's PPG when he's on the ice, but staying on the ice is a problem, there's a reason the saying "the greatest ability is availability"

If I were Anaheim, I'd offer the Edmonton first and Strome as I would need to free up a RW spot to bring Laine in, and Strometrooper might help to right the culture issues that CBJ is having.

I agree Laine is a possible landing spot for him if he would be moved the problem is Strome is aging out and has 3 years remaining when the goal is to move out some of these wingers. Plus Strome isn't the type of winger we need right now. Finally the "culture" issue is gone from the FO, the issues you been hearing about have been from the FO and nothing has came out from issues in the locker room outside maybe Elvis being a diva and that's probably the first order of business for a new GM. The idea for a laine trade is there but the piece isn't right. I doubt Silfverberg will be resigned so taking Laine, probably some retention, would work on a Zegras McTavish line and that's probably worth the oiler's 1st round pick assuming they go deep. Give you a sniper your team needs and when he's healthy hes a PPG producer. People might freak out saying LAINE FOR A FIRST? HES ONLY WORTH A BAG OF PUCKS but then again everyone said the same thing about JT Miller last year.

Strome can also play center just fine, he's spent most of his career there, hence the mention of utility, the "problem" if it can be called that is how quickly McTavish and Carlsson have developed to take the center roles over on the team. He should play out the remainder of his contract just fine, the dip in points from NYR to ANA can be attributed to no longer playing with the kind of talent that NYR had, the kids in Ana are still growing and aren't in their prime yet.

CBJ would also free up almost 4 mill in cap in said swap.