I think Calgary would jump at that is a second! I would obviously like to see an extension right away but even just to get Stone for the stretch run helps immensely and at that cost it's not insane

Yes, but it's just because Calgary will take Anderson's last year contract and Ottawa will not retain $$$. Or, you can try to get M. Tkachuk against Stone, 1 vs 1, but stone need to resign.

Well, the Nashville one might be fine; it's selling Dzingel a little short but wouldn't be an absolutely abysmal return.

The others though... Andersson is good, but Rychel and Lazar are bust bottom 6ers, and Bennett is not far off from reaching that territory. Stone is an elite offensive player, and the best defensive winger in the game. Adding the Anderson contract only lowers his value slightly considering he's still an effective goalie. That return would be worse than the Karlsson one; at least he pulled in two good prospects and two roster players that are better than replacement level guys.

The Duchene also doesn't make much sense imo. Giving him up for Honka, a guy who has yet to live up to the "omg he's like the greatest offensive D-man ever, he just gets so misused omg", Nichushkin, who has been questionable his whole career, and what will likely be a late 1st while also giving up the Sens' best center prospect too? Brown on his own is sniffing that 1st.

I get it if these trades are meant to be as rentals and so the prices will be significantly less than what they're worth, and yes Dorion sucks at trades, but these even seem very far off despite that. Last year, Evander Kane was traded for a 2nd, a 4th, and Danny O'Regan (played very well in the AHL, dominated college before that). The 2nd upgraded to a 1st if and only if he re-signed so the rental aspect was established by the 2nd, 4th and prospect. At worst, Duchene is equal to Kane. A bottom pairing defenseman with diminishing second pairing potential, a third line guy, and the picks do not equal to that package while also giving up Brown. At Kane's best, Stone is still better, so that's way off. That trade should start to establish the values. Both of those trades fall under that value noticeably.