Calgary isn't doing that. They are moving Brodie because they have Andersson penciled in on their top pairing. They also need Andersson and his cheap ELC contract next season to manage one year of limited cap space.

Both Marner's and Johnsson's deals are too low. Johnsson said no to a similar offer back at the trade deadline, and if he said no then I doubt he would say yes to a ~300k/year pay raise. Marner will be signing for north of 10 million AAV if it's on a long term deal (6 years or more). Skinner just got 9 million for 63 points, and yes he was a UFA and yes he scores more goals than Marner but I doubt Skinner will ever eclipse the 70 point mark in his career and have the overall impact Marner will. It's a classic case of having an amazing season in your contract year, but good for Skinner I've always liked him as a player.

Marner will easily eclipse 100 pts in his career, probably more than once too, so the Leafs have to pay him for both his current output and projected output. I know that a long-term deal for Marner starting at 10 million handcuffs the Leafs, but that's not Marner's problem. Dubas has to get creative and make it all work - should be interesting.

Arizona said a Premium asset.

Skinner also was overpaid... badly

Yes he was, but I don’t think they had a choice. It’s not a desirable city to play in, although I hear the fans are great. Buffalo could offer him an 8th year when other teams couldn’t, so they had to make him a deal good enough that he wouldn’t test the market. I mean he scored 40 goals so it’s not a crazy overpayment now, but it might hurt them 4-5 years down the road