I think it was touched on earlier in the thread but this trade should be similar to the one the Ducks made with Ryan. Bobby Ryan was a 26 year old 4 time 30 goal scorer with 2 years at $5M per left on his deal. The Ducks traded him to a Sens team that was very similar to this current Flames group for Silferburg a 22 year old that had 19 points the year he was traded, Noeson a 21st overall pick and a future 1st.
Assuming Kessels value is the same (no reason to think it is really any higher) the equivalent offer from the Flames would be Granlund, Jankowski, and 2016 1st.
Not a deal Treliving would/should make but that is a good ballpark on the value of comparing Kessel to Ryan which is a fair comparison. The Sens ended up giving Ryan and equally bad contract as Kessel and he has been sub par in Ottawa so far scoring in that 25 goal 50 point range which is awful for $7M. Kessel had 25 goals and 61pts last year and the risk in trading for him is real as there is no guarantee he will get back to being a 80pt player again
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