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Originally Posted by Crown Royal
I look at that and think we can do Barrie, Markstrom and forwards at about 1m, or Hall, Talbot and about 3m for a defenseman.
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I imagine it’s a pretty fluid situation.
If we sign Hall, Johnny will be traded for a Defenceman (RHD?).
Markstrom will be signed, or we’ll sign Holtby, or we’ll sign Talbot.
If Hall is not signed, Johnny won’t be traded, therefore we’ll have to head to free agency for our defensive needs.
And then there’s also whatever happens with Noah, who I still think will be dealt. Thinking out loud, we’ve been linked to Columbus - if we sign Hall and Markstrom, is there a deal to be made around Hanifin + Gaudreau for Jones + someone (Bjorkstrand?). I had previously thought Jones would be untouchable, but I’m not so sure. Very similar situation to Johnny with only two years of team control left.
Gaudreau + Hanifin + Ryan for Jones + Bjorkstrand + Wennberg ($1.9M+ retained on Wennberg as it sounds like they’re buying him out if they can’t trade him)
I’m really hoping most of the action happens Friday/Saturday.