Do you think that OEL would approve either of those moves? Why?
No guarantees but hopefully he'd be open to bottom feeding teams where he gets a chance to prove himself in a contract year.
Otherwise we tell him that if he doesn't take the trade then we'll waive him and he'll end up going to those teams anyway or a place perhaps less attractive (if that's possible, you never know his personal opinions, I'd rather live in Arizona or Chicago than Winnipeg but with his history maybe he even likes a place like Winnipeg...not saying that's a team he'd end up, just as an example of you never knowing where someone might not want to end up).
Would you guys ever do this?
To Detroit:
11th pick
Brock Boeser
To Vancouver:
17th pick
43rd pick
Detroit moves up in a deep draft at a small cost of a second round pick and takes a flyer on Boeser to help replenish the scoring that was traded away in Bert and Vrana.
Canucks shed cap space, gain a second round pick, and can probably find a solid D or C at 17.
Thoughts?
Not the worst idea and I'd consider it if a few factors played out:
1.) We try to see if we can move Boeser and get back a 2nd without this; I'm thinking if we retaina a million or two we should be able to get a 2nd, clear his space and keep our 1st. We can get additional cap space by LTIR'ing Pearson (not hopefully in the sense that I want him to continue to be injured, but I don't think he's a fit here, has health issues he should focus on so maybe that's just a convenient thiing for us) and hopeflly by trading / waiving Myers after his bonus is paid.
If that doesn't work, then second condition:
2.) The players we really want are gone by 11 and the next player we want is a bit of a stretch to pick at 11 and we have confidence would be there at 11 (so someone like Willander in this hypothetical scenario).