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@Laudan so just wondering where you would like to see the other moves made. My idea would be to leave kerfoot exposed in the draft. The following season engvall moves to centre with either Korshkov or Moore on LW.

I dont think mikheyev will make that much and I can see dubas trying to lock up dermott to a long term contract. If he way able to sign him to a 6y×4m (similar to sam girard) then that would be a steal. I would also think nash's would want a defenseman in return but I dont really know. Dubas will want nothing to do with Austin watson, hes a terrible person. I do like the rest tho

Ellis is good but his contract is risky. I really don't think moving out young players with a lot of potential to get guys who's likely have a decline coming in the near future isn't wise. The number of NHL defenceman over the age of 31 has dropped every year over the past decade. Unless you are moving for a guy who's 25 or so, moving a young guy for a long term anchor contract just causes more trouble than its worth. Sandin, Liljegren and Dermott are all going to be more valuable in the coming years, they are going to get better while any defenceman aged 29 or older with long term contracts, we can safely assume will not live up to big contracts. Spurgeon and Ellis are going to be problem contracts. We know this by now. For every Burns, Weber or Giradano, there are dozens of defenceman who tail off badly after 30. But why bother learning from the past and present when we can make the same mistake most others do.

Nashville Trade has more on it from a previous thread. The idea is that Nashville signs Barrie.

The Ellis contract is not horrible. I think the last 2 seasons of the contract he may underperform the money but by that time the 6.25m will not be that huge of a %. It could also be moved out.

If Ellis were making 8-11m like some bad contracts out there I would agree.