Ducks just put Gibson on IR for the "foreseeable future", which I presume signals that they expect to be sellers before the end of the month. I think that puts Sweeney on the clock because I imagine that one way or another Stone and Duchene will be off the market in advance of the deadline, at which point the Ducks on the trade block should be among the best values.
I have no clue who the Ducks would make available, instead just looking at the B's needs. Would you be satisfied if Sweeney made a move for two of:
- Silfverberg, $3.75mm AAV, UFA this summer;;
- Rakell, $3.8mm AAV, under contract through '21-'22, currently playing first line minutes so guessing Ducks wouldn't part with him for any amount Bruins would conceivably pay;
- and Henrique, $5.8mm AAV through '23-'24;
before the OTT players' situation was resolved (ergo giving up the chance to rent/land Stone)?
I think that a trade with the Ducks potentially allows DS to keep his firsts over the next two or three years as I think that the Ducks are closer to competing than, say OTT, and would therefore value manpower over picks. Cost for years and years of term would be relatively higher, of course, than the other pure rentals. Where do you think a trade like that (two of those three) would fall in cost?