Would anyone consider trading Debrincat for Tom Wilson with an extension in place?
Washington is retooling it seems and Wilson has a year left. DBC is younger and a better goalscorer with Ovechkin getting older.
Seems far fetched and I doubt they would trade him but that would be a great addition.
If DBC is gone then I think you need to get a RW and a LW.
Tkachuk - Stutzle - Giroux
UFA/Trade - Norris - Batherson
Greig - Pinto - UFA/Trade
Joseph - Kastelic - Gauthier
I think that's a solid lineup.
If Gauthier doesn't re-sign I think a few guys are interesting.
Miles Wood
Evan Rodrigues
Garnet Hathaway
Corey Perry
A DeBrincat for Wilson trade could work. I argued that before with Washington's old core, the fact that Wilson is in the final year of his contract, and that as an organization they might want to have some younger talent locked up to term for when their old core retires.
One of the most compelling arguments for acquiring Wilson is the fact that the Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson line looked dominant in the past. With Tkachuk developing strong chemistry with Stuetzle and Giroux, the Sens now need to find the right player to get that 2nd line to be close to as effective as it was with him on it. Wilson could potentially be a good fit and might help make that 2nd line nearly as effective as it was with Tkachuk-Norris-Batherson.
When thinking about the trade people shouldn't just compare the possibility of individual performances and instead look at the net performance of line and team. People can get caught up speculating on DeBrincat's production relative to what Wilson's might be, but I think it is better to consider what gets the best performance out of Norris and Batherson. What ever loss in production might occur through trading DeBrincat might be gained by an increase in performance by Norris and Batherson if Wilson is in fact an ideal fit for them.
With how effective Norris and Batherson have looked with Tkachuk, it leads me to believe that a similar kind of player might be the best fit. Wilson is different but he does have some similar attributes. Maybe he could in fact be an ideal fit with those two and help bring the most out of their play.