That's all it takes for Manson? What's the equivalent for Toronto at that price?

What's the point of dumping all of this salary if you're not acquiring anybody? And we might as well keep Kesler and Eaves on the roster since there's now 25 million in cap space. And why sign Silfverberg to an extension just to flip him for a second when we probably could have gotten a first for him if we shipped him away at the deadline?

Well the whole point of this was their offseason and they're probably rebuilding. You have to keep Kesler, he has a NMC

I get that you want to accelerate the rebuild, but you can't just dump everybody. Unless you get a McDavid/Matthews type, rookies need experienced players to help ease them into the league, and not all of them may be done developing in the minors. The Ducks are already thin on defense so you can't get rid of one of their best shutdown guys in Manson, especially when there is no suitable replacement (Murphy simply does not compare). Dotchin is a good depth signing, since he has shown flashes of NHL-quality play, but I'm not sure he's 100% reliable yet, especially to play a top 4 role in place of Manson. As far as the trade values go, you need to get more in return. Yeah some of the contracts may be daunting, but they are all proven NHL players with term, so they deserve more.