We wouldn’t have to break the bank for this one... what if we dealt Monahan +2022 2nd (FLA) for Kopitar? The Kings then flip Monahan + Turcotte + Kaliyev + 2022 2nd (FLA) for Eichel. The Kings would then have Eichel/Byfield/Vilardi center depth, and the Sabres build around Cozens and Turcotte as their top 6 centers. Flames get a top C for 2/3 years to compete with Sutter at helm.
I know Wright and Bedard would be better to go for than Kopitar, but I just don’t see management doing that unfortunately. So, Kopitar as our 1C for the time being would make sense:
Gaudreau - Kopitar - Dube
Tkachuk - Lindholm - Mangiapane
As the top 6.
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