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Trade #3: Los Angeles Kings Reasoning for LAK: The LA Kings have been starving for offensive creation for a few seasons, it’s been their Achilles Heel in the playoffs. They are in the thick of a playoff battle right now. 1 point out of Wild Card 2 and Pacific 3. LA isn’t rich with prospects like SJ and CAR, trading Greentree would be felt a lot more for them, even if he isn’t as good as Musty or Nadeau. For that reason, I see the 2nd player being lesser in value, Turcotte is someone who just hasn’t figured out at the NHL level consistently. As a year left after this one, at $775k, reclamation project for Drury and co. Can’t see Laferriere AND Greentree being part of this deal if your LA. The 2026 1st is unconditional. Panarin takes over for Kopitar next year and gives the Kings at least a floor. Panarin extends for 4 years, $12.5M in this scenario, gets him his $50M Reasoning for NYR: I have a feeling Liam Greentree is one of Drurys main targets here. Big, burly power forward who can just score goals. I can see Drury really zero-ing in on Greentree and not worrying about the rest of the players coming back and taking someone like Turcotte. The 2026 1st from LA has sneaky upside, you’d figure they’re a playoff team with Panarin but if they fail, that’s another Top 15 pick. Percentage This Happens: 15% - LA has the cap flexibility with Kopitar retiring and getting Danault off their books completely and it fits Panarins big city profile. But LA may be hesitant to do this as a bubble playoff team