TST 2022-23 November Trade Bait Board

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In the first edition of the Top-15 trade board, we look at some NHLers ranked from one to 15 on the probability of them being traded at the time of the article.

We take into consideration information we’ve heard, the position of the teams they play for, and the contracts the players are signed for.

#	Name	Position	Team	Age	Traded?
1	Jakob Chychrun	LHD	ARZ	24	N
2	Nikita Zaitsev	RHD	OTT	31	N
3	Kasperi Kapanen	W	PIT	26	N
4	Erik Karlsson	RHD	SJS	32	N
5	Anthony Duclair	W	FLA	27	N
6	Mike Reilly	LHD	BOS	29	N
7	Bo Horvat	C	VAN	27	N
8	John Klingberg	RHD	ANA	30	N
9	Kaapo Kakko	W	NYR	21	N
10	Tyler Meyers	RHD	VAN	32	N
11	Mackenzie Blackwood	G	NJD	25	N
12	Patrick Kane	W	CHI	34	N
13	Andrei Kuzmenko	W	VAN	26	N
14	Barrett Hayton	F	ARZ	22	N
15	Vladimir Tarasenko	W	STL	30	N

Notes:

– Jakob Chychrun has been in the trade mill for a while, and now that he’s fresh off an injury, the talks will once again ramp up

– Kasperi Kapanen has been a healthy scratch for the past few games for the Penguins, it looks as if he will draw back into the lineup on 11/29 against the Carolina Hurricanes

– Anthony Duclair comes into the list due to the cap situation of the Florida Panthers, him returning from injury, and trading him seems to be the easiest route to take

– Mike Reilly may get dumped by Boston due to the Bruins’ defensive log jam and cap situation. He’s been waived multiple times this year already

– The emergence of Akira Schmid and Vitek Vanacek for the New Jersey Devils has made Mackenzie Blackwood expendable. His poor performance and a need for a change of scenery with all of the off-ice issues the past two years makes Blackwood an option for teams looking to take a chance on a younger goaltender

– Andrei Kuzmenko is an underrated trade-bait player, but he’s had a successful season in Vancouver. Being an unrestricted free agent at year’s end, any team will be salivating at the chance to add a talented winger with such a low cap hit