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Trade 1:
Edm: Bouchard, Lavoie
CGY: Gaudreau, EDM's 2020 3rd, Klyington
We getting McDavid some actual help boi's
Trade 2:
NYR: Chytil, Georgiev, Kravstov, Staal
CGY: Monahan
NYR gets their top 6 center in a cap neutral deal.
Trade 3:
Chi: Strome, Maatta, 2020 3rd
CGY: Giordano(50% retention), Backlund
Chi swaps to a top teir defensive 3c and gets a top pairing dmen to help Toews & Kane make one last push. Maatta is a cap dump
Trade 4:
COL: Timmins, Compher, Jost, Ranta
CGY: Lindholm
COL gets a top 6 winger with term.
Trade 5:
VAN: 2021 1st & 2nd, 2020 3rd, Roussel , Eriksson
CGY: 2020 7th
Van's cap problems magically go away, allowing them to resign anyone they need. Could swap Roussel with Baertschi or Beagle if wanted
Offer sheet:
TBL: Cirelli (6.9AAVx6 [nice])
CGY: 2021 1st, 2nd, 3rd
Final Roster:
Tkachuk/Cirelli/Dube
Bennett/Strome/Kravstov
Chytil/Compher/Roussel
Lucic/Ryan/Jost
Eriksson/Lavioe
Hanafin/Andersson
Valimaki/Timmins
Maatta/Bouchard
Staal
Giorgiev(4x4)
Rittich
This team is bad enough to get a few top picks, has young upside to grow quickly and has a ton of snarl to stay entertaining.
Enjoy
I shall attempt to humor you and take a stab at it... probably get crucified by everyone else but that could be fun too
Trade 1: Remove Kylington/3rd, add Russell (cap purposes). Perhaps sub 21 1st rounder for Lavoie
Subtracting Russell doesn't get them all the way there, but it gets them closer. Other moves can be made if needed
Trade 2: I'll switch it to a team like, say, Columbus (who desperately could use centers)
To Cgy: Josh Anderson (RFA), Andrew Peeke (917K), Joonas Korpisalo ($2.8M), Brandon Dubinsky ($5.8M)
To CBJ: Sean Monahan ($6.38M), David Rittich ($2.75M)
I suppose one's feelings on this would depend on their valuation of the Jackets players ~ personally, I see Korpisalo as an upgrade and Anderson/Peeke as valuable assets with upside. It might be light, but it's a decent offer imo
I gather Columbus can't necessarily take on salary, as fhey need to pay Dubois (Dubinsky seems like LTIRetirement material iirc), and they prefer to keep their picks to reload after their shenanigans at the 2019 deadline.
Trade 3 I'll switch as well. To Florida, cause hey, why not. They could use the defensive help and are rather wanting down the middle.... now to massage the salaries to work
To Cgy: Anton Stralman ($5.5M), Keith Yandle ($6.35M), 20 first round pick (#12)
To Florida: Mark Giordano ($6.75M), Mikael Backlund ($5.35M)
All 4 of these guys have some form of trade protection, but here in the magical land of Mal's imagination, they're all amenable to a trade
Remember reading somewhere Calgary doesn't like to retain so I tried to make it a dollar for dollar scenario. I'm sure Calgary fans would like more but getting a lotto pick in a strong draft and a couple serviceable (albeit overpaid) dmen ain't bad for Gio & Backlund. I'm equally sure Florida fans will push back on giving up a high first, but this *would* make them a better team
Trade 4 I don't mind, and you're an Avs fan so I'll defer to your judgment there
Trade 5 I'd suggest just making it Demko/Eriksson for fluff, but considering my deals didn't clear as much salary as yours I'm not sure it'd work
No offersheet for Cirelli. Perhaps they poach him in a trade for below market value (as I assume Serg is the highest priority RFA there, followed closely by Cirelli)
Was going to attempt a roster but simple fact is they'd have to bring in a number of warm bodies up front.... meanwhile their blueline/goaltending would be something like this (tailor as you desire)
Hanifin/Stralman
Yandle/Peeke
Valimaki/Bouchard
Russell
Korpisalo/Demko
Be merciful, HF