Quoting: MGK
They don't need a deck shuffle they need cap for Pietrangelo in this scenario. That would free up cap and term, which could be replaced by ELC players or low cost young guys like Roy. Glass/Karlsson/Krebs/Roy are the future down the middle IMO. Compher takes up that spot, much like he's taking up a spot that Colorado would like to vacate. Right now Stastny is that 1 year stop gap for them, he just makes too much money.
Selling extremely low on Mcnabb makes no sense. His value should be at it's peak considering he plays a lot of hard minutes for 2.5m.
Marchessault doesn't need to be included in a package deal when he can be moved for picks & prospects.
VGK is a win now team. Moving away quality assets for futures is strictly worse than my proposal imo. The long term should be considered, which this deal is, with VGK getting younger and not moving away any of the future kids. The "future" you talk about is all still there and possible. It just doesn't sacrifice anything in the short term to rush there.
Compher not only helps make up for the production loss of Stastny immediately but can play wing as well. This allows VGK to not only not have to rush or rely on prospects like Krebs to make an immediate impact but also should he be ready it is very common to start off young players on the wing to get used to the pacing of the NHL.
I am open to the idea that McNabb could return more, as I said above it just really isn't the point of all of this. As long as cap space doesn't come back or you get an asset to add to the depth instead of Maroon I am all for it.
Finally I had to move out a total of about 14m in cap space to make the 2 UFA signings work, which wont be easy in this climate. I am open to alternative moves that accomplish the same goal should you have different preferences.
These moves make VGK better today, younger, more balanced, and set up well for the future. I see no way in which these moves don't make the team better and none of them are wildly biased in VGK's favor or unreasonable.