Next year

Thats a unique one for RM, I'd probably do it, but you're gonna have to sweeten the pot a bit if you want us to retain 1+

(Nervermind)

No reason to trade a goalie on league minimum for the next 3 years and picks for a $5,000,000 one who just had a bad year.

Probably not to be honest. I was feeling generous with the 2nd here. It cuts off 2 years of paying the full $6.75M and gives the Preds another high pick. It's fair all around

That's how you acquire top-tier talent. Vegas won't get anywhere with Logan Thompson as their starter. He's an average goaltender at best. Demko has top-15 starter pedrigree for the next 3 seasons and $5M is what Lehner was making.

RM is still a very capable top 4 shutdown D. There isn't much of a difference between him and Ekholm, and we saw the return that Ekholm received.

I feel I was being generous with my first comment, and while I don't think RM gets us that big of a package, it's definitely more than you've offered here. ESPECIALLY with retention.
Not to mention Nashville is re-tooling, Martinez does nothing for us.

I'll backtrack on my first comment. We decline