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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Here is my attempt at a crazy 4 team blockbuster
Calgary trades: Tkachuk, Zary 12th overall
St Louis trades: Tarasenko, Thomas, 16th overall, 2nd 22
NYI trade: Ladd, Komerov, Wahlstrom
Buffalo trades: Eichel
Calgary receives: Eichel
St. Louis receives: Tkachuk
NYI receives: Tarasenko, 2nd 22
Buffalo receives: Zary, 12th overall, 16th overall, Thomas, Wahlstrom, Komerov, Ladd
Calgary gets the center they need
St. Louis moves Tarasenko and gets Tkachuk
Islanders add a potential impact forward and while it costs a promising prospect they get to dump a bunch of cap in the process and get a needed pick.
Buffalo gets a haul they do take cap dumps but get 2 guys drafted in the first round in 2018, a first rounder from 2020, and 2 picks in the top half of this upcoming draft which they could potentially pair to trade up as rumored they want a second top 10 pick
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This is what I came up with:
Three way trade with CGY/BUF/STL
Flames acquire:
(C) Eichel
(RW) Tarasenko (10% retained)
Blues acquire:
(LW/RW) Tkachuk
(LW/RW) Olofsson
Sabres acquire:
(C) Monahan
(C/RW) Kyrou (or Thomas, I personally value Thomas higher and one to be kept by STL)
(LD) Dunn
2021 1st (CGY) —> 12th OA
2022 1st (STL) —> unprotected
*2022/2023 1st (CGY) —> can defer pick to 2023 if CGY misses playoffs and/or wins top 2 pick in the draft and chooses to pick in 2022.
Breakdown:
BUF/CGY - Monahan, M. Tkachuk, 12th OA, 2022 cond. 1st for Eichel and Olofsson
STL/CGY - Tarasenko for Olofsson
- Proven commodity, Tarasenko would waive here rather than Buffalo), and retention to our standard 6.75m. 2 years left. St. Louis gets younger with a guy that can still score points, albeit the majority of them PP points.
BUF/STL - M. Tkachuk for Kyrou, Dunn, 2022 1st STL (unprotected)
- Buffalo gets a top 4 D, a top 6 C/RW, and an unprotected 1st for a hometown star winger.
Calgary - Overpays a bit for Eichel, but I tried finding a way to trade quality without giving up Pelletier or Zary. Also have to overpay to ensure we grab him. Could only come up with trading our 2022 or 2023 pick. Zary and Pelletier imo need to be kept, their stock has risen.
St. Louis - Rolls with ROR and Thomas/Schenn as their top two centers, and acquire hometown player Tkachuk and a great middle 6 option in Olofsson who is cost controlled after his last season on 3m.
Buffalo - As a team in rebuild 3.0 or 4.0, grabbing a good player in Monahan as a stopgap while Cozens/Mittelstadt work themselves in as centers would be ideal. That’s also not even counting Dunn who would play LD behind Dahlin and Kyrou who would be a good playmaker to Cozens or Monahan. All this while including 3 1st round picks to either use to pick or trade later.