Five players who could use a change of scenery
Matt Larkin of Daily Faceoff: A look at the top five players who could use a change of scenery for next season.
Kent Johnson – Columbus Blue Jackets – The 23-year-old left-winger and former first-round pick found himself as a healthy scratch at times down the stretch. Buying low.
Jordan Kyrou – St. Louis Blues – 28-year-old has an $8.125 million cap hit, and only put up 18 goals last season. Had four years before that, with between 27 and 37 goals.
Mason McTavish – Anaheim Ducks – Six more years at $7 million, and was a healthy scratch in the playoffs a couple of times. Still only 23-years-old.
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Simon Nemec – New Jersey Devils – How will new GM Sunny Mehta view the pending RFA.
Shane Wright – Seattle Kraken – Has one-year left on his entry-level deal and the Kraken are looking for a top-six forward. Averaged 17 goals per 82 games in his first two seasons on just 13:40 of TOI.
The Dylan Larkin trade request and musings of who could be interested
Vince Z. Mercogliano: From the New York Rangers perspective on Dylan Larkin’s trade request.
It would be a real surprise if the Rangers didn’t call the Red Wings about Larkin. Believe the Rangers have inquired before, and it would be a big swing they might look at for their retool.
The Rangers were last in the Eastern Conference, so would he waive his no-movement clause for them.
Would Vincent Trocheck and a first-round pick (No. 26) get Yzerman’s attention? The No. 5 pick seems a bit much.
Larkin’s trade request impacts any Trocheck talks as Larkin is three years younger and is better offensively.
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Jason Gregor: “Dylan Larkin for Mat Barzal as main pieces in a trade? Larkin for MacTavish and more?
Lots of teams will have interest in Larkin. He has five years remaining at $8.7m. He has scored 30-34 goals each of the past five seasons. Fascinating name suddenly on the market.”
Irfaan Gaffar: “A lot of talk about the Wild and Canadiens make sense for Larkin. LA needs a centre, and the two people running both teams have a very good relationship. Now, where does Larkin want to go remains the biggest question. Full NTC.”
David Pagnotta: “With all the speculation over Dylan Larkin’s potential landing spot, you have to wonder about the Vegas Golden Knights being a destination he’d want to go. Larkin is good friends with Jack Eichel. Can VGK pull this off after the Cup Final?”
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