I am curious if it ends up being Laine (and what else) for Dubois. Kekalainen must be considering the strong possibility that he will be in the same situation sooner rather than later with Laine. However, if that's the best offer, then that's the best offer, and he should take it.
It is too bad that we won't be privy to what the other final offers were from different teams, especially Calgary. I bet that there would be some packages that many people felt were more 'valuable' or 'made more sense' that Columbus decided not to go with.
The package that I am going to assume that Treliving is offering is Monahan + Bennett. Maybe another small add from either side to further balance the rosters/cap.
With Lindholm working out as a centre thus far (I thought he was mostly 'meh' last year at centre), and Backlund being his usual superhero 2-way self, I think Bennett is a trade-chip this year (which I am not terribly happy about, but what matters more is the return).
Monahan and Ryan together is only a slightly larger cap hit, but it is a less valuable package. Monahan + Mangiapane is too much value, as is Monahan + Dube IMO.
I really think the package offered from the Flames is Monahan + Bennett as the base. But who knows... Treliving might have been trying for a futures deal to maximize this roster's potential (which is what i most want).
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