Not sure what to think of the Stars trade. Love to have Eaves back. Maybe Kesler can rebound with Benn and Radulov?

Yep. My initial thought was to get Eaves back, he was solid as heck in Dallas, and "help" ANA to dump Kesler to somewhere with the cost of Manson, but without losing Manson's true value - hence getting back the first. Kesler could maybe take Spezza's place next year. At $5,5M, he might not be too bad of an asset if he can rebound with better linemates.

Getzlaf worth the moon now ? He barely follow the game now. 33 yo

Putting aside the hate between Nashville & Anaheim, and how unlikely Getzlaf would be welcomed into the Preds' locker room - that is an INSANE overpay for Getzlaf! Bonino and the 4th would be the max coming back from Nashville, if it were at all logical for them.

Really like Manson but Eaves and Kesler are both cap dumps. Last thing we need are more injury prone players on long term deals...I'd be more interested if it was Rakell instead of Manson, but I doubt Anaheim would do that. This just doesn't solve any issues for us and makes us worse and in a worse cap situation

Good effort on trying something different, but I am glad to see fans of the other trading teams rejecting these deals. Not a fan of the Getzlaf deal at all. He’s a Duck until he retires. He’s going to do a Joe Thornton and continue playing at a top 6 level until the end. RC is just crushing everyone’s confidence and killing his offence. Getzlaf is still legit.

Silfverberg deal is fine. A little complicated. Silf for a 1st, maybe a small + depending on the market. But I would be fine with just the 1st.

The Manson move is awful and leaves us weak on the RS. It just seems like a deal looking for a quick fix. I don’t think looking for a quick fix will work. We’re now in a 2-3 year transition period as we wait for the younger guys to come through. By the time that happens, Eaves, Perry and Getlafs contracts will have ended or be near the end. Kesler is the only real problem, but I think he’s probably going to retire before his contract ends. That hip is clearly an issue and there is no point in becoming a cripple at 35 because you want to complete a contract you’ll be paid if you hit LTIR anyway. In summary, no need to rush and pay a hefty price to dump those contracts.

Neither Getzlaf and Kesler are waiving their NMC, That's already been reported.