Can we somehow ship out Zuccarello too?

You really think anyone will take those contracts? they are 35 and are already not worth it. Even if you eat half of the salary you couldn't get that.

Nobody is taking those deals. Nobody wants those guys from age 35-40. Get real

Both teams say no.

But we don't need to rebuild, we have elite sniper Victor Rask who is going to save the season!

The problem with any rebuild of this roster is that you don't have many assets to trade for futures. You've got bad contracts (Parise, Suter, Rask), unmoveable players (Koivu, Zuccarello), guys you don't want to trade (Dubnyk and Dumba), guys you probably don't want to give up on yet (Donato, Eriksson Ek, Fiala, Greenway, Kunin), and guys who have little to no trade value (Foligno, Hartman, Staal, Hunt). That leaves Zucker with his NTC, Spurgeon with his NMC, and Brodin as virtually your only marketable assets. If I could wave a magic wand, I'd persuade Montreal to give you a 2021 second and a right-handed forward prospect for Brodin, and Pittsburgh to give you a 2020 second and Erik Gudbranson for Greg Pateryn (to alleviate their next-year cap problem), but I don't know how much Harry Potter I have in me.

Is there still a possibility that a compliance buyout can be arranged in connection with the Seattle expansion draft? I think that's the only way you're going to get out from under the Parise and Suter contracts.

I find it offensive you didn’t mention his all-worldly skating ability too!

Good point.

I'd also like to acquire Brodin for the Habs. He's a stud.

And based on his play this season, not available! He’s been outstanding this year!!