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Originally Posted by tvp2003
Those Florida and Buffalo trade proposals look awful from a hockey perspective. Not only are you gutting your own team, you have take back Lucic too? The only way it makes sense is if McDavid becomes the face of hockey and you cash in on the business side.
If we're looking down the road, Anaheim might be a landing spot in a couple of years. Once Getzlaf and Perry (and Kesler) are off the books, and assuming they've drafted well, it could be an ideal situation for McSunshine.
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This is why I think it's gotta be a three-way deal. Part of Edm's return needs to be shedding terrible contracts, but the team taking McDavid can't/won't want them.
Colorado, Philly, Nashville, and Toronto seem like the main teams that have tons of coveted assets that they could lose without totally destroying their depth our youth. Colorado and Philly have always been teams whose wholes seem less than the sum of their parts. If Nashville doesn't at least make the conf finals this year, they might be keen to mix up their ingredients again. Toronto will have another epic meltdown this post-season...between friction with Babcock and injury trouble, they'd gladly trade in Matthews + other talent they don't have cap room for.
Buffalo, Columbus, Florida, Dallas, and St Louis all seem close to that, but I think they're rosters would look a lot like Edmonton's right now after they gave up the necessary assets.
