It is a pretty good team but you are overpaying Panarin and Schmaltz. Imo Schmaltz would want a bridge deal and Panarin probably isn’t getting more than 9 mil. Also Columbus wouldnt take that trade for Panarin. Other than that good team.

$6m x 6 years is the standard deal for players coming off their ELC with at least a .50 PPG and Schmaltz is at .58 PPG. His comparables are below. As you can see, he's already in the Drouin/Horvat/Landeskog range of comparables, but if he improves, he could get a bit more. Look to see what Larkin gets in the coming weeks because Schmaltz will get something similar either this summer or next (they share an agent who is one of the most aggressive when it comes to contracts).

Yeah I think the trade all depends on big bounce back year for Forsling as well as Ejdsell living up to the hype, Panarin is a 9 mill guy more than likely but sometimes you have to pay the market price! Schmaltzy has me torn, the kid has elite playmaker potential could honestly be a new Backstrom if he reaches his full potential but that is obviously a big IF.