To Philadelphia:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
Marcus Kruger
San Jose's 2018 2nd
To New York:
Josh Manson
Drake Caggiula
Philadelphia's 2018 3rd
...okay. Time for some rationale.
Washington trade: holy hell I love this deal. Ryan Spooner is one hell of a hockey player who helps to establish my top-nine going forward. Mike Weber is extra depth, who cares. Boychuk would be really, really expensive going forward, and I can replace him.
Calgary trade: Ryan Callahan sucks, you all were right! Thankfully, Cheese sucks as well, and was willing to take him!
Kevan Miller will be a really great #4-5 defenseman for my team going forward, I love it. I also gave up a 4th-rounder in this one, but who cares, I have a ton of those.
San Jose trade: Nash is expensive and Conor Sheary will take his spot next year. Hutchinson sucks. I was kicking myself for giving up Raanta for him, and now I have Chad Johnson who will get an awesome re-rate next year. Also, Thomas Hickey! He's so good for the real Islanders. Now my first pairing will actually be the Isles' first pairing, Hamonic - Hickey. I love it, and Byfuglien will slide in really nicely on the second pair. And since MJK was being nice, he threw in Kyle Wood as well for reasons I cannot discern.
Philadelphia trade: Nugent-Hopkins is having a really mediocre year in the NHL, and I got Josh Manson for him. Alone, that would be great. But then I got Drake Caggiula and a 3rd for Marcus Kruger and a 2nd, a swap which I feel to be quite fair. Thanks for JonDuke for awesome negotiations.
These moves were all aimed towards the future. I can afford all of these guys. Remember Hanni's spreadsheet? Here's how it goes now (and don't forget that Patrick Sharp is available, guys):
(for the purposes of this, I stuck Larsen, Weber, Caggiula, and Kampfer in the A)
Compared to:
Here's my roster next season:
Ryan Spooner - Tyler Johnson - Tobias Rieder
Carl Hagelin - David Krejci - Patrick Sharp
Josh Bailey - Conor Sheary - Jonathan Marchessault
Leo Komarov - Derek Ryan - Radim Vrbata
Bryan Rust
Travis Hamonic - Thomas Hickey
Dustin Byfuglien - Kevan Miller
Josh Manson - Jon Merrill
Chad Ruhwedel - Deryk Engelland
Steve Kampfer/Philip Larsen
Tuukka Rask
Chad Johnson
Goddamn. I love this depth. It's a shame that my team is so mediocre this year, we can't win right now. Maybe that will change. (Note: I did not trade my first this year. Yes, I traded next year's first for Rieder and Kruger, and I flipped Kruger with RNH and a 2nd for Josh Manson, Drake Caggiula, and a 3rd.)
What do you guys think?