Depending on what Tampa pays Moser and Guentzel, that trade is pretty ridiculous. It shows the easy mode that teams like Tampa get to play on.
It probably works out to something like Sergachev, Stamkos, a 2025 3rd for Guntezel, Moser, Geekie, a 2025 2nd, and a 2024 7th. Maybe some additional cap space as well depending on what Moser comes in at.
Imagine being in a position where you can not only confidently trade a top pairing defenseman and know that you can attract a superstar with the cap space, but you can let Stamkos walk without really blinking. I get he is older and not the player he was before, but to put it in context he had more goals than any player on our team.
Guentzel’s rights being traded to Tampa for a ‘25 3rd.
I would easily do a 4th-5th for Roy’s rights, if there is indication he’d be interested in signing here. He needs to be target #1
Someone brought up Kaliyev, 2nd, and Roy's rights for Chychrun a page or two back.
I thought that was low considering Roy's rights are not worth very much - but if there is no market for Chychrun maybe a deal like that is what happens. It obfuscates the failure to get value for Chychrun because they can sell it like "we got a top 4 RHD back!", not "we got the rights to a top 4 RHD, which typically go for a mid or late draft pick".
Rather than moving Chychrun somewhere for a return like Marino got, that kind of package deal is a bit harder for your average fan to figure out because the Senators can claim Kaliyev is worth a 1st round pick (when he is not), and that they got back a top pairing RHD. If they just get back two 2nd round picks from another team, it's pretty obvious that they didn't get enough.
Maybe add in a few random pieces to make the return seem bigger for optics like a 22 year old AHLer who was drafted in the 3rd round 4 years ago, and some fake conditions like the 2026 2nd Round Pick becomes a 2025 1st Round Pick if LAK win the Stanley Cup and Chychrun plays in x amount of playoffs games.