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Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
Toronto - eff off Treliving, unless you’re parting with Knies or Cowan+.
Carolina - multiple 1sts, good prospect pool too.
STL - hard to figure out with them, but I guess their 1st+? I’d want Dvorsky but doubt that happens.
LA - are they not happy with Clarke? Greentree+ maybe? Not sure they’re a good fit.
SJ - plenty of appealing assets, I think they’d overpay in picks and a decent prospect
WSH - shoot for Cristall. Doubt they move Leonard or Hutson
Utah - Obviously 4th OA would be the goal. If not 4th OA try to grab Tij. Would be a hard sell but he did lose a year of development and Utah doesn’t seem like they want to wait.
EDM - lmao, **** off.
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While we patiently wait for the hockey news draft preview to hit the newsstands, wonder if Conny can channel his inner Coates and pull off an iginla type deal for Andersson. Believe Andersson has the most value of all the players that Conny has dealt as he was hamstrung by players being selective on teams they would sign extensions with (Hanifin) or players who started the season and were pure rentals.
Agree that Edmonton is extremely unlikely to happen and probably Toronto as well given the lack of firsts. And Utah surely won’t be trading the 4th overall for Rasmus.
Presuming Conny targets a 2025 pick (which should be easier to shake loose from the suitors), this leaves the following teams
St Louis - 19th overall
LA - 24th overall
Wash - 27th overall
Carolina - 29th overall
Sj - 30th overall
Then it all comes down to the player/prospect that the teams are prepared to part with. Ideally a C but could use a D as well.
Carolina lacks decent C prospects and doubt they would part with Nikishin or Morrow. Plus they need to strengthen their offence as the rantanen deal didn’t work out. Expect they will look to solidify up front first.
LA. No decent C prospects to speak of. Unlikely to trade Clarke and a first for Andersson. D prospects after Clarke are pretty mid and more project types
Washington. No C prospects of note. Hutson is a smallish defenseman which we seems to be steering clear of. Other D prospects are of the shutdown variety, believe we would be looking for more.
Stl - don’t think Dvorsky plus a first will interest them. But Jiracek could be a solid add on d and as sofa GM pointed out, Stenberg could be a find at C. Lindstein has potential at D and maybe Zach Bokduc and Zach Dean as potential Cs.
SJ - assuming they would part with the 30th overall (and given that they are likely to be lottery picks for the next few years). So the add should be good. Edstrom and/or Bystedt (thanks again Sofa GM) could be interesting a C adds, and Sahlin Wallenius could be a good add as D.
So have to agree with sofa gm, StL and sj would appear to have the best trade chips for an Andersson deal.