Entertaining team

Correct me if I’m wrong ( which I probably am )
But I think these are very reasonable trades

I tend to agree, I mean may be giving up a bit much for subban but have the room and his ceiling is much higher than zaitsev and only a couple years left.

I would love both of these trades as a Sens fan. I would absolutely love to have Subban simply for the fact his contract expires sooner than Zaitsev's, and maybe it's possible that Cirelli would be excited to play for DJ again.

I don’t know how inhibitory a big contract is to the Devils right now, but if they want an extra 4.5mil cap space for the next two years, I’d definitely pay a 2nd to get Zaitsev off our hands and take Subban’s monster deal for the shorter term. Zaitsev would probably perform better when he’s not expected to be a top pair guy anyway, and Subban has won a Norris, he’d be a good mentor to Chabot, who should be in that conversation soon. He’s also just as annoying to play against as Tkachuk, maybe he can give him tips for how to rattle guys’ cages lol. I don’t see a downside to taking Subban even if he doesn’t bounce back, because he’s still better than Zaitsev imo and a good mentor.

As for the Cirelli trade, it’s a lot to give up but I think Cirelli has more offensive potential to give, and obviously he’s already a Selke-calibre defensive player. A definite long term top 6 centre definitely worth the price. Tampa gets a couple real nice prospects at important positions on top of a bit of cap room (you could think of it as Killorn+whatever assets they would give up to dump him, plus L. Brown, Thomson, and a 2nd for Cirelli). They probably still need to dump Johnson to get cap compliant and keep Cernak tho lol. If I’m being hones, I doubt Cirelli is the guy they move, but if it’s the only way they can get compliant this is a pretty solid return

I wouldn't do that Cirelli trade from a Tampa standpoint. I find the package underwhelming