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Any time a trade involves the 1st overall, its a bad trade.
There are ways to get rid of Lucic for far less. It may not involve getting rid of all of his salary but EDM doesn't need to. All they need to do is get enough relief from that contact to be worth it. They need to get more relief than his almost buyout proof contract gives them. Anything above that is gravy.
You are talking about moving Jack Hughes here. Even if Tuch, Miller and Brannstrom are good, you simply do not trade the 1st overall.