NYR need a center. They have cap space both short and long-term because of Chytil's LTIR. It looks like Chytil's career might be over so they need a long-term option.
I wonder if that puts them in for Norris. I can imagine that the new ownership would love to bring in Lafreniere with the marketing value he would bring to the Senateurs Gatineau-Ottawa Senators.
Something around Norris+Forsberg+Tarasenko (75 percent retained) (11.95M) for Goodrow+Lafreniere+Kakko (8.06M), with the Rangers adding picks+prospects to compensate Ottawa for Goodrow's contract being so bad.
The Rangers have 4.4M in cap. They increase their cap by 3.89M. Someone would have to send a 4th round pick to a third party to retain a second time on Tarasenko.
Taking Forsberg offsets some of Goodrow's bad money (not much). You can also take Tarasenko+Kakko out of the trade, but then Ottawa needs to retain on Forsberg or not include him at all.
The other alternative is that you could take Forsberg+Tarasenko+Kakko out of the trade entirely, and the Rangers could retain a bit on Goodrow.
I would say Norris and Lafreniere should have similar value because Norris has had his injuries and struggles, and Lafreniere has failed to show any high end offense for sustained periods of time. I would give the edge to Norris because of his position being more valuable, although Lafreniere could mean a lot to this marketplace given that he is one of the most popular French Canadien superstars to come into the league in a long time.
The contract of Goodrow is very bad, so there would need to be some type of compensation. With that said, it gets Ottawa a veteran who can play on their fourth line. I also suspect that any Norris deal is going to require some cap considerations given how large his cap hit and term is.
