NSH says no in my opinion ... the last thing they need is D.

That's such a lopsided trade. Fabbro has as much value as Tanev, then NSH gives another 1st on top, paying someone 4.5M to play on the third pair? No way that happens

That's the point though. They don't NEED more D but adding Tanev would mean they could put any pairing out against any line they wanted. The trade is about going from great to dominant and winning a Cup.



All of their Dmen after Subban, including Tanev, would be on great value contracts, and they can roll the 3 pairs at will instead of the traditional method of having questionable talent on the 3rd pairing and limiting their minutes. Fabbro is a good young prospect, but there's no chance he's equal value to Tanev right now, which is why I added the pick swap of a 1st for a 3rd. The picks could be changed, but Van would still want more than just Fabbro coming back.

I think the hardest part with trading D this year, is the darn Vegas Golden Knights have a plethora of them and will sell them cheap. While most aren't as good as Tanev (the couple that are Vegas will keep), they'd fill a teams needs on a third pairing, so teams like Nashville, Anaheim, Calgary etc who have solid top 4/5 in place won't be in the market.

I think New Jersey would be the perfect trading partner for Vancouver. They're making a splash this year, as they grabbed Marcus Johansson and Brian Boyle on forward, plus Hall has said he thinks they're not done - but their D is not so good and was a huge weakness last year - on the right side they have Damon Severson who's developing into a #1 RD..... then they have Ben Lovejoy and Dalton Prout...Tanev is an easy fit there.