Big John T
Joined: Sep. 2018
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Good attempt, just try to stick with the teams that have (a) the most cap room, and (b) are the furthest away from being Cup contenders
OTT / PHI / MTL / VAN / NYI / COL / NJD / CAR have the most cap space
from those
OTT / PHI / NJD
are the furthest from the playoffs
If you don't trade Zaitsev now, he can block trades to 10 teams (eg: those with $6 million or less of cap space this year) and he is under contract until age 32.
NJD are our best hope. We can bundle an overpayment to dump Zaitsev as part of a deal to maybe get Vatanen or Severson, and stay near our current salary.