That would be ideal. Karlsson would be a Barrie upgrade, we would keep both Makar and Timmins and we still would have Girard. And we would look much better salary cap wise.
At this point I have some serious doubts regarding Makar's defensive play. I didn't like him defensively at the World Juniors at all. I loved Timmins in all zones, though.
It wouldn't be ideal as we would trade our best D, not to mention that I don't see why would Ottawa do that? To kick the can down the road a little bit and be forced to go through the same ordeal with Barrie in one season? We need to add to the D if we are trading what will certainly be a top 5 pick with EK gone from there.
I neither think the Sens would do it. It would be ideal from a salary cap standpoint.
The cap will sort itself out, we have Varlamov, Soderberg, Wilson, Orpik coming off the books in the next two years. Rantanen will get a big raise and Barrie will get one as well, but those will be covered by those deals coming to an end. Of others, only Jost will need a big raise in two years, but even that isn't a certainty. Assuming Mikko gets 7, his raise is covered by Varlamov alone, Barrie's raise is covered by Wilson's contract and the money being paid to Soda can be repurposed to cover a part of the Ryan contract if we need to take him as well.
Were at the point where I don’t think a piece like Makar needs to be added to that 1st. Not because Karlsson isn’t worth it, but because no other team is going to offer a piece as valuable as that 1st/Makar, so there’s no need for the Avs to offer both. Just offering one of them means we would be offering the most value based trade IMO instead of a more quantity based trade like I’m guessing most teams are offering.
Well, I can hardly say 'no' to the chance of having Barrie, Girard and Karlsson all play on my favorite team. PK might be a problem but I can live with that.
