Quoting: Bf3351
Florida, Montreal, and Penguins are all playoff teams as it stands, chances of waiving to go to another playoff team isnt low...
Tatar trade is fine, I overpaid a significant amount for retention.
Your only solid points was the CBO and the Trochek trade.
Of those 3 teams only Pittsburgh would have likely made the playoffs had we not had this messed up new format. Also, the play-in round doesn't technically count as playoffs.
As for the other points I made:
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Johnson won't waive to go from a contender to Florida.
McDonaugh won't waive to go from a contender in a sunny city to go to Montreal.
Palat won't fetch 2 2nd's given that the trade market for him will be extremely limited due to his NTC.
With that much retention Tatar would fetch at least one more prime asset along with a 1st.
Why would Johnson want to waive to leave a contending team, to go to a middling team that hasn't won a playoff round since 1996?
I also reiterate that it's hugely unlikely that McDonaugh isn't waiving so that he can move his American family to a freezing cold location in Canada. Why would he do that if he doesn't have to?
I've asked Tampa fans on their hfboard Palat page what return they expect if Palat gets moved, and most agree that a 2nd, or 2nd + minor add/prospect would be enough. Even if there's like 3 teams interested that's still not going to be enough to justify paying 2 2nd's for a player who has full control over where he goes.
I don't think Joseph or Volkov are that interesting to Montreal. That sort of package might be solid if there's no retention, but again, with $2m+ retention for a season Montreal will need to add an asset to make that $2m+ worth it for Tampa.