Trade with the habs

Sorry I do not understand this trade at all. Who are you going to buy out and why would Columbus get rid of their number 1 center?

Buy out Dubinsky
And he isn’t their #1, Pierre Luc Dubois is.
Dubinsky had like 18 points each of the last 3 seasons. Was benched a lot by torts. He’s going to cost the jackets 5.85 mil next season. This is to relieve some cap like when the jets traded Steve mason and Joel Armia to the habs

If Columbus is using an internal cap then I think they do this but only if the owner is saying he wants to lower the annual cap

Sorry I misread

I don't see this happening, largely because of a few factors:

1) Anderson has indicated he's open to signing long-term with Columbus. I think something like 5 yrs at $4M each would be fair.
2) Anderson's trade value on his own is at least a 2nd, based on what he'd command on an offer sheet.
3) Dubinsky is LTIR for next year. Jarmo has indicated he's unlikely to ever play again.
4) You've neglected to re-sign Vladislav Gavrikov, which Columbus will absolutely do.
5) Wennberg is likely to be traded or bought out, saving a significant amount of money.