Stay put and use salary cap advantage

If you wanna give Andersson that much you should offersheet him. Columbus won't match.

Also I'm pretty sure 1 year of Cole doesnt cost that much.

Columbus doesn’t want Lehkonen. We don’t need or want wings. If you want Anderson, offersheet him.

I mean they'd be foolish to turn that offer down because it's more than what they'd get from an offersheet.

I'd rather pick 40 this year than pick 40-50 next year. Plus you get a 3ed and a winger you can flip for a low pick.

Ok. It's was just by diplomacy. We don't want Torto screaming all over the media

Lehkonen doesn't actually add anything notable to this squad, so whether or not it's "more" is kind of questionable. And it's more valuable to us to at least attempt to repair the relationship with Andy and get him signed, so better to at least try rather than trade him before offer sheets come in.