let's gamify this a bit – what is your ideal deadline utilizing these three parameters:
- up to three trades
- one pure rental
- no big splashes or subtracting roster regulars
as much as I'd love to get bjorky back, I'm going to put mine in the non-bjorkstrand division.
trades
- stanislav svozil + 2025 3rd + 2027 MIN 2nd to BOS for pavel zacha
- james malatesta to MTL for joel armia
- jordan harris + future 6th to VAN for carson soucy
resulting lines
immediate post-deadline
L1: voronkov - fantilli - marchenko
L2: jvr - zacha - johnson
L3: chinakhov - jenner - armia
L4: zar - danforth - olivier
D1: werenski - fabbro
D2: mateychuk - provorov
D3: soucy - severson
scratches: kuraly, christiansen, j. johnson
IR: sillinger, monahan, gudbranson
healthy roster
L1: voronkov - fantilli - marchenko
L2: chinakhov - monahan - johnson
L3: jenner - zacha - olivier
L4: jvr - sillinger - armia
D1: werenski - fabbro
D2: mateychuk - provorov
D3: soucy - gudbranson/severson
scratches: severson/gudbranson, kuraly, danforth, zar
would have two very capable scoring lines, a true shutdown line anchored by zacha, who has great defensive results and is a genuine matchup forward. also has a fourth line that they can shelter as needed but still has physicality. lots of PK options too and guys who can play up if there's an injury.