like the dallas trade but i think thats a bit much for Panarin

Yeah, I always try to at least make sure it's at least not an underpayment when doing a trade, just to be a bit more realistic than some of the stuff you see. My thinking was that Columbus gets two LW/C in depth for an elite LW like Panarin, which might at least get their attention, and then also get controllable assets with the #13 pick and LD depth (RFA Koekkoek) to maybe make them lean towards yes.

I hate thinking about losing Bread but getting Miller, Gourde, and a 1st rd pick is great return.

I am sure management would of course want to have at least some preliminary discussions, if not try to get some sort of extension in place as part of the trade though.

So we give Tyler, Gourde, Miller ( collectively 69 goals) plus two third line defensemen for Panarin (27 goals) . I would say that is a bit of overpayment.

You don't get elite players for scraps, and this trade is assuming he would want to come here and extend. Gourde could probably be removed and it would still be fair, but I tend to lean towards doing more than less, just to have a different look than most of the severe underpayments on this site. Johnson would be helpful to move for cap purposes and Miller is not a core (or important enough) piece to give the kind of contract he will be looking for probably. Don't kid yourself about Koekkoek and Dotchin, they are popcorn servers, but Koekkoek may have slightly more value due to draft pedigree.