Dan Rosen of NHL.com answers questions from the fans...

If you were given carte blanche as any general manager, what perfect trade/move would you make to satisfy each team involved?

We have a trade to announce. The Colorado Avalanche trade Matt Duchene and [insert your mid-round draft pick here] to the Columbus Blue Jackets for Gabriel Carlsson, Sonny Milano and [insert your late-round draft pick here].

The Blue Jackets are in win-now mode and they need another top center. Nick Foligno is better suited to play on the wing, in my opinion. Duchene is signed through next season with a $6 million salary cap charge. This isn't a rental add. They will be going for it this season, but he'll be around for at least next season too. The one concern would be the cap ramifications for next season. Forward Cam Atkinson can become an unrestricted free agent after this season. He deserves a raise, and Columbus shouldn't let him go. Defenseman Jack Johnson can also become an unrestricted free agent after this season. But the Blue Jackets become a better team right away by getting Duchene. They should be thinking about the Stanley Cup.

For Colorado, getting Carlsson is the coup. He's a 20-year-old defenseman with top-pair potential. He has the size (6-foot-5, 192 pounds), mobility and skills teams covet in young defensemen. Milano would add to Colorado's already young forward depth. The other player the Avalanche could look at to get this done would be forward Oliver Bjorkstrand. The key for the Avalanche is getting at least two young players who could be part of their developing core.

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