Look, truth be told, I don't expect Montreal to move the pick. And I don't expect them to have the chops to make a bid on O'Reilly that "blows the doors off" Botterill. The can desire him all they want and Canadian talking heads can babble all they want about the fit for the player, but at the end of the day, it has to hurt the Habs to make the deal and Buffalo is under no obligation to do anyone a favor to make it happen.
Yeah, I'm in a position where all of the options seem differing degrees of unlikely. Return exactly the same core? That would be ballsy. Move their youth before they know their value? That would be dumb. Move their vets? Well, none of them have value save ROR. Move ROR? Jeez, that would take a huge return. Move nobody and return exactly the same core? That would be ballsy.
I guess when all the options seem unlikely, you have to take a credulous look at everything. Maybe we'll trade Terry for Wang, and finally get that sumo-goalie experiment of his implemented, win the cup next year in front of an impenetrable wall of blubber. I mean, we should at least entertain the notion. Trump is president and the VGK are winning in the Finals.