That’s not how that works… an unsigned rental Boeser probably goes for a 1st itself, not “0”, whatever that means. The difference between a Boeser and Kyrou is not Tom Willander. Kyrou would be nice to have but Willander is pretty close to untouchable.
I could be talked down from Willander for sure, although maybe not.
It’ll be fun to see who they get up in Canuckland.
Really hard to compete in the nhl without two sincere scoring threats inside the top 6. I bet if you made a robust list of the available options, it’s hard to argue against a guy in Kyrou who is cost controlled - signed prior to inflation cap, superlative at a small subset of nhl skills (consistently around or among leaders in puck carry/zone entries combined with 50/50 split in goals assists throughout career lightly implying a speed and playmaking skillset - Taylor Hall-esque), clean injury history, not having a bad season, is not hyper streaky or a drama queen. He’s not a bonafide all star, but he is an all star and our teams scoring leader. It’s fair to say he wouldn’t get the all star invite if team distribution wasn’t a thing. That’s okay, he isn’t paid like the top shelf. He’s a nice Audi. Like an rs7. He did win fastest skater. He can make his own offense.
If the person Vancouver finds is signing after today then they’re going to find out players are expensive now.
We shall see. You get what you pay for.
Framework of the deal is based on Sakic moving Duchene and capturing the third leg of the value for Colorado due to taking mostly futures and prospects as their end of the deal while the two other teams got nhlers.
We don’t see teams often trade established young guys for just futures. Columbus having a ginormous amount of cap space and specific need for a high profile forward helps this specific concept. Vancouver moving miller and likely Boesser also creates a specific need.
Back in 2017, Ottawa/Nashville upgraded their nhlers and they both paid Colorado to do so, technically, although it’s just the huge value difference when a 26 year old center goes for just futures. At this time, the Turris in the deal is Boesser and he’s expiring.
I want to trade Kyrou so my team will get a good draft pick. I want stl to go deep down real fast. I wouldn’t be trying to squeeze you in the specific trade, but I’d need one real real good piece for sure, Willander fits my prospect pool perfectly (lol who wouldn’t say that).
