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The Elvis-Soup swap has been proposed a bunch, but it just doesn't work with Edmonton's cap. A buyout and then riding with Skinner and a league-min goalie (or just above) is really the only option, you're getting about the same goaltending and saving at least $2M in cap space without giving up any assets.
That's selling too low on Laine, so Columbus just keeps him. You gave Chinakhov and Nylander too much, and there's no reason to sign Kahkonen when Tarasov and Greaves are both better already.