The Man with a Plan
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Tak you sights off Erik Karlsson right now. San Jose doesn't have a 1st this year or next, if they trade EK to the East they forfeit their 1st 3 years down the line as. Start with what it wlould take for a rental possible best D in the league, then add your 1st, and then depending on how San Jose feels about their team in 3 years time you might need to add more to make up the difference between TOR 2019 1st and SJ 2021 1st
You'd probably be looking at 2019 1st, 2020 1st, Liljegren, Grundstrom
and that's ridiculous, but the stipulations around the first Karlsson trade forces it to be ridiculous for them to send him East.
Exactly why it would cost too much for EK. With our cap going forward dealing away 1st or multiple 1sts for a pure rental we have 0 hope of resigning makes 0 sense.
We need those picks to turn into players we can fit around our core on cheap ELC's.