Stammertime91
TBL: TEAM OF THE CENTURY
Meh. At least his effort would match their expectations on most nights.And stamkos tells yzerman with his no movement clause find another team im not going to Ottawa!
It wouldn't be Stamkos going back anyway. If I seriously had to guess a trade right this minute for Karlsson
Johnson (cuz you know Duchene isn't sticking around)
2019 1st round pick
Koekkoek
Prospect - depends on who but for Karlsson I doubt any are untouchable now
I know this isn't either a good or attractive proposal but I doubt anyone else is going to have an offer this good either. Maybe, MAYBE Vegas? In either case Karlsson's arrival would set forth a nice domino effect down the lineup
There's probably 20 teams with a better package than that. Stamkos is pretty much the most damage controlled and highest valued piece we could offer with an addition. Outside of that, we aren't giving them Johnson, a stunted Koekkoek, 2019 1st and a prospect for Erik Karlsson. Unless your prospect is Foote and then it kicks tires.
The closest thing they'd probably take is one of Point or Sergachev+ or a combination STARTING with Foote, one of Raddysh, Volkov, etc, roster player and a decent pick. He's got one year left so it's not entirely worth it. The one that would actually be better is moving Stamkos as their cap hit will be somewhat similar and solidifies our top 4 with Sergachev for over a decade. You could put Carle in that top 4. The trick would be replacing the production from a 1C/2C if Point moves up.
But that's a pipe dream. "Easiest" route is move a couple contracts and hit him with an offer next off season providing he hasn't signed an extension. While it would be nice to add him, its a completely luxurious addition. Size up front should be our entire focus this offseason. We shaded away from it for a spell with adding smaller guys and "big" guys who don't play big for too long. Time for that to change.