ON3M4N
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To Boston:
LW Patrik Laine (50% retained, $4,350,000 / 2 Years)
To Columbus:
C Pavel Zacha ($4,750,000 / 3 Years)
Both have a M-NTC of 10 teams they can put on a no-trade list. This is just summer talk to pass the time but do you do it given the playoff performances of Zacha vs. the possible upside of a healthy (inside and out) Laine?
You'd be giving the LW spot Zacha was going to play to Laine and saving about 400K while also giving Columbus a C that they need. You'd then run Lindholm - Coyle - Geekie/Poitras down the middle and then Laine - Marchand - Frederic on the LW.
Team also gets EVEN BIGGER as Laine is 6'5".
Just love hearing Bruins fans thoughts during the slow summertime.
Cheers!
I'd see if you could get a 3rd team involved and do a double retain on Laine. Using the calculator on Puckpedia it looks like it'd take a early 2nd round pick to have another team retain $2,175,000 million for 2 years.
You'd likely need to use CBJ's 2nd as it'd be better than BOS 2nd. Depending on what Swayman gets you'd still need to shed some cap to make Laine fit even at double retained.
To CBJ: Geekie + '25 1st (BOS) + '26 2nd (BOS)
To BOS: Laine @ $2,175,000
To ANH: '26 2nd (CBJ)
No idea if this would work, but cap wise it allows the B's to also sign Swayman. CBJ maybe looks for more as they'd be trading the better player and retaining $4.35 million for two years. Is a 1st + Geekie + moving back in the 2nd round enough for Laine with 50% retention from CBJ?