Cirelli Sergachev Lizotte and Clifford

Pretty Sure Tampa Declines

Would the Kings take Kerfoot back?

Tampa laughs and hangs up

I'm not necessarily a fan of moving Bjornfot/Vilardi because I'm on board with the rebuilding idea and I like what I've seen from them. That being said, I see the thought process for Sergachev and Cirelli. Unlike someone above says, I don't think Tampa laughs. They might look for better options, but I think it's something they'd consider based off of the leverage any team has dealing with them due to their cap issues. This gives Tampa two cost controlled high-level assets and gets them out of their cap crunch for at least another 2 years.

As far as expansion, I'd argue that at this moment in time Roy is more important than any one of Frk, Grundstrom or Moore. So I'd argue going the 4x4 route: Kopitar, Iafallo, Kempe, Cirelli and Doughty, Sergachev, Walker and Roy. Having Sergachev makes Clague expendable, especially with Anderson and Hults still in the fold.

I understand that valuation is low on the trade with Tampa but, Tampa has zero negotiating power this offseason.

Johnson, Palat, etc have very little value this off-season. With a flat cap, you would have to sell futures to move Johnson or Gourde. Killorn will not have the value that others give on this site. Even then you will be fighting every other team to dump salaries to Ottawa, NJ, and Detroit.