Speculation: Roster/Trade Discussion Thread: Draft and FA addition

[BBKers]

Will Borgen and a first round pick (26th) VS picks 15 AND 16?

 

[RangerBoy]

Is this Frank breaking a trade or is he just speculating wildly like us?

Why don't the Leafs and Seattle make the Knies deal instead of going through Dallas?

They want too much

 

[Sam Rosen]

Why don't the Leafs and Seattle make the Knies deal instead of going through Dallas?

They want too much

That's literally the only way Seattle is going to get any desirable player.

 

[bleedblue94]

Is this Frank breaking a trade or is he just speculating wildly like us?

Yes

 

[Riche16]

Tro isn't going until his bonus is paid

By this time I think we all know that.

But he's going.

Deal might already be done.

 

[Daves a mess]

Guess I'm showing my age with Robertson rejecting 120 million dollars because, I remember when an 8 yr 15 million contract TOTAL would of been considered a lot of money.

 

[SnowblindNYR]

Guess I'm showing my age with Robertson rejecting 120 million dollars because, I remember when an 8 yr 15 million contract TOTAL would of been considered a lot of money.

Wait till you discover baseball, basketball, and football contracts.

 

[Savant]

Guess I'm showing my age with Robertson rejecting 120 million dollars because, I remember when an 8 yr 15 million contract TOTAL would have been considered a lot of money.

He didn’t turn down the money. He turned down Seattle. Someone else is going to pay him either that or similar

 

[True Blue 96]

Guess I'm showing my age with Robertson rejecting 120 million dollars because, I remember when an 8 yr 15 million contract TOTAL would have been considered a lot of money.

Seattle just implemented a millionaire tax. Texas doesn’t have any state tax. Pretty easy decline.

 

[17futurecap]

 

[smoneil]

Guess I'm showing my age with Robertson rejecting 120 million dollars because, I remember when an 8 yr 15 million contract TOTAL would of been considered a lot of money.

Sounds like it's time for a colonoscopy, haha.

 

[GoAwayRempe]

I think Robertson wants to stay in Dallas and just wants them to meet his ask or at least come up from their offer.

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[Filip Chytil]

My understanding is that Chicago is among several teams that have also inquired about Robertson, doing its due diligence at the very least.

 

[Filip Chytil]

 

[HockeyBasedNYC]

Based on the reports it feels 100% like Rangers are being used to extract the max possible out of St Louis (or an unnamed 3rd team).

Rangers don’t leak, and the massive media heads said this first but with no follow up after. Then our beat writers basically say they got nothing.

Or - it’s just the Rangers involved and someone is trying to use the blues angle (and all of their first round assets) to drive up the price on Drury.

Get out and worry about selling not buying you idiot

 

[Filip Chytil]

How would Anaheim’s Mason McTavish fit with the Blues?

It's not clear what the Ducks would want for McTavish, but the Blues have plenty of draft picks to offer.

www.nytimes.com

The Blues aren’t just looking for talented young players, though. They’re looking for help at center.

Robert Thomas is the clear-cut No. 1 there, but having McTavish could ease the burden on Dalibor Dvorsky, who was the No. 10 pick in 2023.

Dvorsky, 21, played his first full NHL season in 2025-26 and showed glimpses of excellence with 12 goals and 21 points in 71 games. He also tied Jimmy Snuggerud for the team lead in power-play goals with five.

Having McTavish and Dvorsky in the middle on the second and third lines would strengthen the position.

 

[bleedblue94]

I don't know on this one, but I find it hard to believe the ducks want draft picks for McTavish. They are competing and want to fortify their lineup. They have two d leaving soon so would borgen go in the deal?

 

[smoneil]

Just read the Anaheim version of this thread. It is EERIE. The way they talk about McTavish is exactly the same as the way we talk about Schneider. The only two consistent viewpoints over there is that they are all mostly glad to be getting rid of him and they all recognize that the 5th overall would be a stupid expectation. At the same time, several of them think they can get Gavrikov+. Some of them expect Lafreniere. One of them wanted Fox. One wanted Scheider AND Cuylle. The more I look at it, the more Schneider for McTavish straight up makes the most sense. I also feel like they are trying to work the media to get Drury to bargain against himself and put more $$ in the pot.

 

[Captain Jellico]

I wonder if it's a larger deal and there's a cap dump like Vatrano coming back, and one of the D prospects like Solberg.

Schneider + 26th + Edstrom for McTavish + Vatrano + Solberg with some mid round picks thrown in on both sides.

 

[Captain Jellico]

Will Borgen and a first round pick (26th) VS picks 15 AND 16?

Honestly, if I'm Anaheim, I take the Blues offer and see if you can get the Ruck twins.

 

[BBKers]

Borgen + 26 + Berard for MacTavish and Vatrano? I would have some goon with an iron rod (Jeff Gillooly still available??) "talk to Zib about waiving" and be united with CK21 though. MacTavish for Zib straight up, the Brassard deal lives on

 

[Alluckks]

Maybe McTavish is the next JT Miller

 

[eco's bones]

Just read the Anaheim version of this thread. It is EERIE. The way they talk about McTavish is exactly the same as the way we talk about Schneider. The only two consistent viewpoints over there is that they are all mostly glad to be getting rid of him and they all recognize that the 5th overall would be a stupid expectation. At the same time, several of them think they can get Gavrikov+. Some of them expect Lafreniere. One of them wanted Fox. One wanted Scheider AND Cuylle. The more I look at it, the more Schneider for McTavish straight up makes the most sense. I also feel like they are trying to work the media to get Drury to bargain against himself and put more $$ in the pot.

Hopefully Drury is a little smarter than the average Anaheim fan. I look at McTavish as a pretty good young player who's kind of underwhelmed his NHL expectations and we've been through that here with both Kakko and Lafreniere. Sometimes too it takes a while---Lafreniere was not have a very good year until after the Rangers moved on from Panarin and then he picked it up quite a lot and hopefully he'll at least be at the same level next year if not better. Patience can pay off sometimes.

McTavish is I think about a year younger---3 40 point seasons and 1 50 point season. He got stuck behind Leo Carlsson on a team that also had Trevor Zegras until last year. He's never had the chance to be the go to guy there pretty much like Lafreniere never got it here. He probably needs a change of scenery if he's ever going to make the next step as a player.

 

[eco's bones]

Honestly, if I'm Anaheim, I take the Blues offer and see if you can get the Ruck twins.

That would be nice if it happened. Better players than the Ruck's then might fall to the Rangers at 26. I see Liam maybe as a late 1st--possible 2nd and his brother should be a mid second maybe a little later. Yes---they tore up the WHL last year but CHL leagues aren't as strong as they use to be and the best one IMO is the OHL. Also....they're still kids so I'll give them leeway because of that but I'm not keen on them trying to package themselves together to the same team. I want a player I draft to stand on their own and not have to play games later on with them.....that this one is here and the other one is still trying to make it because it's likely that one of them is going to struggle more than the other. It could turn into a real soap opera. I definitely would not use two 1st rounders on them.