AZ trade for cap dump

I like the idea but I don’t think the value is there for ARI, I’ve been thinking about this idea for a while. I’m also realizing Schmaltz is being used heavily as a wing with Dvorak.

I know ARIzona is still trying to sign Hall, but only have like 1.1m in cap space obviously the - everyone over 25 must go - edict just means they need to get cheaper and short term.

I don't think it's a bad starting point. A little light on MN's end. Schmaltz -Dumba makes some sense for both teams-- especially if MN sees Schmaltz as a center. Raanta as great stats, but is a durability question mark. Stalock is just another guy (but he's cheap). They just gave Hill a one-way deal, so I suspect he's AZ's back up. If they trade Keumper, maybe they'd roll the dice on Dubnyk again? Demers is worth substantially more than Sturm, imo.

Schmaltz is only owed $3M this year. Demers has $2.6M remaining. Raanta $2M. When you factor in replacing them in the lineup, it's not as though they are shedding a ton of salary moving any of those guys. They probably want futures or a pure hockey trade.

A name like Greenway might interest AZ with Armstrong's comments about getting bigger in the bottom-six. A guy whose buried like Donato they might see some value in. Picks would probably be attractive for Demers and Raanta. I think there's something to build a deal around, I'm just not sure what it is.

I was looking at the cap space recognizing actual dollars out is a different matter. I'd be fine changing dubnyk in for stalock or greenway for donato. Just throwing ideas out there that is more of a player to player vs picks since picks really are such a crap shoot overall

Yeah. i was just pointing out that trading those guys isn't really a salary driven decision at this point. They'd want value. I think there's something to be done there around Schmaltz and Raanta for Dumba, but I'm not sure how to properly balance out all the pieces.