Caps fan here making a friendly inquiry about a possible deal for Conor Garland? In exchange the main piece would be your choice of our surplus of top-4 D-men, Rasmus Sandin or Martin Fehervary. Sandin has been excellent this year but comes with a bigger contract. Fehervary is a better skater and better defensively, plus being cheaper but will probably never carry a pair but can easily handle hard assignments.
I’m open to expand the trade to make it work for both teams both value- and needs wise.
Any estimation right now?
I think Garland for Fehervary/Sandin 1 for 1 with or without some throwins is fair value from the Canucks' end.
From our end, it's difficult to predict trade value. Before it sure sounded like the Canucks wanted to dump Garland but Garland was a driving force being what was one of the best 3rd lines in hockey last season. Certainly it appears that Tocchet loves him but I'm not sure management does.
I would image that Fehervary being more attractive to the Canucks but Sandin is the more talented player. I feel it has more to do with who management sees as the better top 4 option. It's the same with Capitals management? Sandin is at all viewed as good defensively his value should be higher than Fehervary. Fehervary
As you can see, our management has preferred big defensive Dmen but we've had issues with our bottom 4 not being able to move the puck. That's why Brannstrom is getting a lot of love here. So which Dman would Canucks' management prefer? I don't know. I would lean towards Fehervary being preferred. Personally, I think Sandin with Willander as a future pairing might make more sense than Fehervary with Willander but Fehervary is cheaper (which is important with the OEL buyout) and he can shoulder a defensive role and PK.
