Rangers will take that first trade with Coburn

You'd have to retain salary plus add a draft pick sweetner to get Detroit to take a declining Johnson at this point. I think the waiver absolutely destroyed any leverage Tampa thought it had on trades.

Vancouver Declines we dont need another center

I literally added a first round pick with Johnson

LOL .. if Johnson going to cost us more than a 3rd .. just put him in Syracuse and save $1M and send to Seattle in June .. it only 3.5M cash also and try to trade him throughout the year after injuries .. bigger question is Gourde trade done yet?

Tampa picks in the high 20's. It's not enough. Just like Tampa fans though oh he's on waivers he'll be claimed for sure. Detroit got an equivalent pick (maybe 15 picks later) for 1 year of Staal at 3.2M in salary. You want Detroit to take on 4 years at 5M for the essentially the same draft value as the Staal trade. Way too low of compensation. Johnson has already shown signs of decline and his style of play leads to shortened careers anyways.

But you need to spend minimum salary (700k) to replace the contract so it won't save 1M: it will save 300k. Not going to be able to play with 22 when the schedule will be severely condensed anyways.