TomasHertlsRooster
Don’t say eye test when you mean points
Even with giving up assets it is Karlsson.
Vlasic - Braun
Ryan - Burns
Dillon - Karlsson
There will be a #1 D on every pairing. This would mean we could just roll all three D pairs and would be a nightmare to play against. We wouldn't need Tavares. We could go Couture - Thornton - Tierney - Fehr down the middle.
I don't think it would be enough but I would give up a 1st in 2018,2019,2020 with Heed and Lebanc. If we could get EK without giving up Meier or Hertl we would be cup favorites. Sadly with the playoffs he had I don't think Ottawa would take anything less than Hertl.
Vlasic-Braun as a pairing are a nightmare but right now that nightmare is for San Jose only. I would rather pair Vlasic with Karlsson or Burns tbh.
San Jose’s best option is probably trying to trade Pavelski for a blue chip prospect and using that prospect as the main piece for a Karlsson trade while obviously adding multiple first round picks and prospects.