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Originally Posted by Mass_nerder
Yeah, outside of some snarl, Ristolainen doesn't seem to offer much, especially in a package for our most productive player. If it's a cap dump to help balance salary, fine, but I certainly wouldn't want him to be a key piece.
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I’d be okay with:
To Buffalo: Gaudreau
To Calgary: 8th, 38th, Ristolainen
and I think it works for both teams. Buffalo cuts what is effectively an extra defenceman (they’ll re-sign Montour for less than they pay Ristolainen), gets a key piece to play with Eichel, and pays a “futures” price that isn’t out of whack.
...Calgary then packs up 8th and 49th and offers it to Ottawa for 5th so they can draft Marco Rossi at 5, and then pick Wiesblatt at 38.