In the scenario Kane leaves

This is not that. Plus, I can think of multiple other players I personally and the organization itself would rather ship out than Necas.

Smash

I get that, just throwing something out there. I wouldn't say it's out of the range of possibility that he prices himself out if they want to keep Guentzel. They'll also have to pay Jarvis quite a bit. Plus that's a really solid return for a pending RFA.

A first 2 years from now, 2 AHLers, and a 4th is not that great of a return for a pending RFA. Honestly a "fair" trade if we go for a Fiala/Reinhart comp (neither of which are great IMO, as Buffalo was restarting a rebuild and Minnesota was about to start a multi year 15 million dollar dead cap era), would be this years first and a decent prospect. Again though, if you are trying to make an offer that forces Carolina to move Necas, a "solid" return probably isn't what they are looking for.

I think that the front office is more likely to try and lock up Necas long term than they are to pay Guentzel 8.5+M for his 36/37 age years. Even then, they can bridge Jarvis and buyout/trade KK and they have room for Necas.

You can quote the Fiala/ADB/Reinhart etc. comps all you want. At the end of the day, none of them were being sold by a contender, so they aren’t that good of a comparable situation. A “solid” offer, which the proposed is not, isn’t getting Necas. The Canes don’t have to move anyone to keep Necas and re-sign Jarvis and Guentzel.

Either a drastic overpayment in future assets, which the Canes are not looking for, or a top 6 upgrade over Necas is what the Canes would be looking to move Necas for.