Offseason 2020

We’ll keep our pick, we are still doing you a huge favor taking that money.

You're also getting a starting goaltender and a 2C for pretty cheap, on one year contracts too. Maybe a 2nd is too rich but it won't be just Miller coming back

If Stepan were still a #2 center you wouldn’t want to move him. You won’t get a high pick for your cap dumps if we take them. We’ll likely send money back, like Hutton, especially if we take Raanta.

Even if Stepan is a 3C, $3.5 million is still pretty cheap, especially since his actual salary number is only $2million before the retention. Coyotes won't take any more money back, which is why I think a draft pick is more realistic.

I very much doubt the Sabres are even trying to find a different goaltender. They will not buy out or bury Hutton because they don’t want to deal with dead cap money, Particularly in a year where no one will spend to the salary cap. If the deal for Stepan is contingent on taking Raanta too they might not bother. They may wait to see who is bought out when teams find no trade partners to take their cap dumps.