Hard to say without knowing what Yzerman is looking for.
If he is looking to try and fill the center void Larkin would leave in the short and long term, then I'd try to focus the deal around Schenn and Dvorsky. That's a veteran leader who can mentor their young players while also acting as a minutes shield to prevent their up and coming young center group from drowning over the next couple years. And then Dvorsky adds another damn good center prospect. I like their 2 big center prospects in a world where they just need to fill in the middle 6 C group behind Larkin (or get one to become a 1A/1B with Larkin). But those two aren't enough if Larkin is out of the organization. Adding Dvorsky would very much help that.
Schenn + Dvorsky alone shouldn't/wouldn't be enough to get it done. From there I'd be asking what Yzerman is looking to accomplish this summer and attempting to help complete or facilitate those goals. Is there a contract he regrets and wants to move to create cap space? Name the contract and I'll take it. Does he like one of our non-essential roster players (Joseph, Texier, Walker, Torpo, Sunny, Leddy, Kessel, Tucker)? Great, have at him. Is he looking for a pick? This year's 1st is on the table. If this is a trade coming together post-draft, then the 2026 lottery-protected 1st would be on the table.
Push comes to shove I'd do Schenn, Dvorsky, and a 1st for Larkin. If the 3rd asset beyond Schenn/Dvorsky is the 1st rounder, then I'd be looking to get some kind of pick back in return and/or get them to take Texier (or Joseph) off our hands.
If they aren't interested in Schenn and/or Dvorsky, then I'm trying to figure out what they are interested in and going from there. Thomas is off the table completely. Kyrou and Holloway are nearly off the table. Buch isn't waiving a full NTC to go there, so he's functionally off the table. Any other forward would be on the table as the NHL piece, but the rest of my offer would depend on which NHL player was involved. Parayko wouldn't make sense for them and I doubt they would want Broberg given their glut of 22 year old LHD (Edvinsson, Wallinder, and S Buium). But any D we have besides those two would be on the table as an NHL piece in the deal.
And if they want pure futures, then I'd look to trade Schenn somewhere on his trade list for pure futures and then flip those futures plus some of our existing futures for Larkin.
