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Honestly, I couldn't see the Islanders taking that deal. They're giving up 7 guaranteed years of Barzal for 1 guaranteed year of Marner, not to mention giving up decent draft capital (turning #50OA this year to #119 OA and basically deferring a 3rd rounder in 2025 by a year), and all they get is a fringe-y prospect in Tverberg and a non-prospect in Ellis. Easy pass in my eyes.

I don't think Colorado can do that trade, even if they wanted to (I don't think they would.) Right now, if we assume Gabe Landeskog is LTIRetired, they have $16.9M in cap space next season with 8 F / 4 D / 2 G under contract. Dedicating $11M to one forward in Tavares means they'd have about $5.9M left to fill out 5 more lineup spots - and that's if they're fine running a 20 man roster with no healthy scratches. And if Landeskog's healthy enough to play? Well, there isn't enough cap space for JT at all.

The rest of the trades are more or less fine. I don't know if anyone would actually pay for Ryan Reaves, but I also wouldn't be surprised at someone throwing a 6th rounder out for him. I don't think Yamamoto is worth the value you're giving up for him there, and I don't know if Ottawa takes Rielly in that deal without first trading Chychrun, but the value is in a good spot. Contracts for Mountour and Hanifin are light though - I don't see why Hanifin would sign 4x$2.5M in Toronto when he could easily get $6M+ on a long term deal, and I think Montour is in the same camp.

Guentzel’s gonna get between 8 and 9 for 7 years probably. No way he takes that deal from Toronto. All the free agent signings are a bit light really.

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