[jonkaupp]

Originally Posted by AT77

I was thinking about O'Reilly as well. We need to get deeper down the middle and he's the BEST face-off man in the league and a solid two-way player. His ability to win 15-25 face-offs a night will allow us to be a better puck possession team right off the draw, which is particularly important in the offensive zone, especially on the PP.

I was thinking something along the lines of:

To Buf:
2019 1st Round Pick
Oliver Kylington
Morgan Klimchuk
Troy Brouwer (we retain $1.5 million and Buffalo has space for Brouwer at $3 million for the next 2 years and they get a veteran winger to help mentor their younger players)
Maybe 1 more prospect? Preferably not Andersson, Fox, Valimaki, Gillies, or Parsons

To Calgary:
Ryan O'Reilly (Buffalo retains $1 million so we get him at $6.5 mill per year)

Then we make another deal with Ottawa to address our Top-6 RW situation.

To Ottawa:
Sam Bennett
Emile Poirier
2020 3rd Round Pick

To Calgary:
Mark Stone (and we sign him to a 6 year $6.5 million per year contract extension)

Next, perhaps we can lure Domi away from Arizona by offering the following:

To Arizona:
Michael Frolik
Josh Healey
Spencer Foo
Hunter Shinkaruk
2020 2nd Round Pick
2019 4th Round Pick
2019 7th Round Pick

To Calgary:
Max Domi (and we sign him to a 3 year $3.25 million per year bridge-deal)
Lawson Crouse

Gaudreau - Monahan - Stone
Tkachuk - O'Reilly - Domi
Jankowski - Backlund - Versteeg
Ferland - Lazar - Hathaway
Crouse (Called up next year, Ferland takes Versteeg's place, Crouse takes Ferland's place)

In regards to all of these deals, of course we can add in Andersson, Fox, Valimaki, Gillies, and/or Parsons to sweeten the deal if needed, but perferably not if Treliving can work his magic with these current offers.

This forms a solid top 9 with a 4th energy/grinding/heavy hitting line, completely built for the playoffs and the future. Money is left over to sign Tkachuk the season after for $6 million per year.

I’m trying to figure out if this is serious or some elaborate troll lol