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I think Dube and a 2nd is an amount Calgary would gladly part with for Holtby. It's not a trade the Caps make on its own but Samsonov keeps improving, the Flames have injuries and don't need to dump cap back, and that's how to make room for Dumba, then the Holtby part could make sense.
If Minnesota are rebuilding, I think you've given them a fair offer to get them to think about moving Dumba. They can't move Suter because he grew up in Minnesota and probably takes his NMC there seriously. So if they want to move a defenseman, Dumba's as good as any. And Dumba's a very good defenseman. Maybe this is too obvious for most people to mention, but I like the defensive group you've ended up with, even though it has a pretty big total cap hit.