Buy and Sell

Washington declines.

Buffalo cuts out the middle man and tells you to get that out of their sight.

So Buffalo can magically retain $6 million on Hall to fit him into a contender's cap crunch? Or are you just unable to read that the acquiring team is the one giving up the 3rd round pick and this is just a proxy? Given your posting track record, going to go with the latter.

When the team that acquires Hall gives a 3rd round pick to a third party to get them to retain on Hall, that means there is one less draft pick that can be spent to acquire Hall from Buffalo.

That means there's a higher opportunity cost or a bigger turn-off for the other team to acquire Hall from Buffalo.

Draft picks don't grow on tree.

If anything, you'll be lucky to get a 5th round pick for retaining 2.5 million on Hall as a third party, which the Leafs did when Lehner was traded to Vegas.

Economics and basic arithmetic seem to be hard for you, but you'll learn eventually

I find interesting that you are unable to determine what Hall is worth or what team you think will acquire him.

Key details are obviously lacking in your post.

Based on the fact you become angry when you don't get the praise you think you deserve, I have a suggestion for you.

I recommend logging off for a couple of hours to go for a walk, getting a drink and taking a few deep breaths before logging back on.

You'll glad you did

^ the dumbest post I've read today.

Calling a post the dumbest you've read today when you can't explain why.

Typical of someone coming to the rescue of another user from the same fanbase who also puts emotion before logic.

Since you think the Sharks can just come up with 4 million dollars out of thin air during this pandemic while another team spends an extra pick unnecessarily, you probably think both money and draft picks grow on trees.

When or if Buffalo trades Hall, the Sharks won't be involved and this will all be moot.

No sense for you to cry about it.