Not a Buffalo fan, but thats who Id target.
Buffalo can tell thsemlesv they got a young top-6 and young top-4 partner for Dahlin signed long term. Negotiations would have to happen over the quality of pick and prospect, but you cant put up your nose at 4 good assets.
Then calgary can dump Monahan for some defensive depth, a replacement forward and a pick to open the cap room they need for Zadorov and Eichel.
Calgary meanwhile can sell themselves on "Me lost Mangiapane but got Coleman for free, we lost Andersson but got Zadorov for almost nothing, we lost Monahan but we upgraded to Eichel, we lost Giordano but we got X assets for Monahan. We got younger and we can retain Tkachuk and Gaudreau"
I think you could sell that to both fanbases
I know from the rumour mill that Buffalo wasn't looking to add salary in this deal, or at least, bare minimum.
When I did the post about regarding "one of" it wasn't meant that it's a three piece deal, it's just if you're picking one of those players, don't add the other to the trade.
For example; if Buffalo
was interested in adding a player like Tkachuk to flip or to see if they could sign long term; then Gaudreau being in the trade wouldn't be included. Also, his NTC kicked in and there's about less than 0% chance he would have Buffalo on the yes list.
Calgary could offer a few things, they could offer a young NHLer/Prospect/Pick package, or they could offer a Prospect/Pick package. While not sexy as guys like Turcotte, Zegras, Byfield or Drysdale (who, in all honesty, I just don't think will be available regardless), Calgary does have a number of prospects that'd rank (Without HF fanboy bias) in the top 50/60 of the league; including Coronato, Zary, Pelletier and even someone like Dustin Wolf; who's arguably a top 3-5 goalie prospect on the planet (literally just had a WHL career that was more impressive than Hart's and even Price's).
So Calgary could do a few things:
Cap package:
Mangiapane, Andersson, 2022 First, Connor Zary/Jakob Pelletier.
Three team trade package:
Calgary: Eichel
Ottawa: Monahan
Bufffalo: Dillon Dube, Juuso Valimaki, Calgary 2022 first round pick, Ottawa 2nd Round pick, Erik Brannstrom, Boston 3rd round pick, Connor Zary/Jakob Pelletier/Matt Coronato
Straight Picks/Prospects package:
Dillon Dube/Juuso Valimaki, 2022 first round pick, Connor Zary/Matt Coronato, Jakob Pelletier
Dunno. I've heard from a source of mine that Calgary has something tabled with Buffalo, but it's sort of just a waiting game to see if it comes down across the board. I assume Buffalo wants 5 pieces from Calgary right now because there's no home run player (which again, I doubt they get), once the ask moves down a bit, this could be a possibility.