I agree, I think we see a buyout on Stone and a Frolik for picks trade either sometime this week or sometime early after Rittich/Bennett contracts are defined. There is no question we will need to create space for Tkachuk just a matter of how/when at this point. I do feel that if he has to Treliving will hold on to Brodie and wait for a team that will inevitably need defensive help through the season due to injury if he isn’t able to get a Kadri type player at this time which I think is the right call. Brodie for all the warts that he has is still a remarkably talented Dman who has proven he can eat top pairing minutes if he is paired with the right guy; no reason to sell low on a homegrown talent like him.
The thought was maybe we could put a Brodie package together to add another top 6 piece but if that doesn’t happen I almost want to see us try Bennett in place of the departed Frolik should we hang on to Brodie for a better deal.
Gaudreau - Monahan - Lindholm
Tkachuk - Backlund - Bennett
Mangiapane - Jankowski - Czarnik
Lucic - Ryan - Dube
Lomberg, Quine
Giordano - Brodie
Hanifin - Hamonic
Valimaki - Andersson
Kylington - Yelesin
Stone buyout
Rittich
Talbot
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