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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
This set of ideas is spun off from my post in the Gaudreau proposal thread. The suggestions are a combination of what I would like to see happen, and what I expect to see happen.
Chronological order - Trade rights for TJ Brodie to Maple Leafs for rights to Tyson Barrie
- Sign Tyson Barrie, 5 years @ $5,000,000
- Trade Mikael Backlund and 2nd in 2020 to Arizona for Darcy Kuemper and the Rights to Taylor Hall
- Sign Taylor Hall, 7 years @ 7,250,000
- Trade Johnny Gaudreau and Rights to Oliver Kylington to Boston for Jake DeBrusk, Ondrej Kase and a 2021 1st round pick.
- Sign Jake DeBrusk, 3 years @ $2,750,000
- Trade rights to Mark Jankowski to Buffalo for a 5th in 2020
- Derek Grant and Carson Soucy, 1 year @ $1,000,000 each
- Re-sign Mangiapane, 2 years @ 2,250,000
- Re-sign Rieder, 1 year @ 800,000
- Re-sign Gawdin, Kirkland, Lomberg, Parsons, Froese & Nielsen, 1 year @ $700,000 each
Hall - Monahan - Tkachuk
DeBrusk - Lindholm - Mangiapane
Dube - Bennett - Kase
Lucic - Ryan - Grant
Giordano - Barrie
Hanifin - Andersson
Valimaki - Mackey
Kuemper - Rittich
Bench - Soucy (D), Reider (F) |
This a a fun exercise so here are my thoughts on this potential wild off season.
1. I actually prefer Brodie to Barrie all things considered, but I would be happy with this deal if we could get him signed to that contract. Unfortunately, I think we will be closer to 7 than to 5 and his play is a luxury that can't be justified at that price. I think he would be better suited playing more sheltered minutes and taking the #1 spot on the PP so I doubt he would line up with Gio.
2. I think Kuemper is a perfect target for this team, but I don't see the Yotes taking on any significant salary in a deal like that. I think Backlund stays and we likely have to send picks/prospects.
3. I think Hall gets closer to 8, but I'm on board with this.
4. Not an awful Gaudreau proposal, but I don't think Hall signs here if you're trading away Johnny. I think Hall wants to go 'all in' and it's hard to convince him of that when you're trading away your best offensive player. I know that's a decent return, but it's still a hard sell.
5. Debrusk and Mangiapane are likely getting bigger contracts than that.
6. Soucy just broke into the NHL as a late bloomer and has a good thing going on in Minnesota. I don't think it's very likely he leaves that to come eat popcorn in Calgary.
Overall a fun off season though and I wouldn't be too upset at all if this happened, but I don't see it.