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As a Nashville fan, I almost feel obliged to take that deal. If we could trade Ellis for a forward upgrade of equal cap, then the defense gets younger and the forward group gets much better. It complicates expansion some but i think the upgrade to the team is worth it. Could also grade Ekholm and completely reimagine the team.
That said... that's a pretty bad deal for Tampa. They traded Ingram for basically nothing b/c of internal issues with him. From what i can tell... Ingram seems to of wanted more starts then he was being given. Seems like immaturity and they ditched him instead of working through it. Bad show from both ends. Either way I doubt they want him back. Carrier is a fine d prospect and I don't understand why Nashville basically sealed off his chances of making it to the NHL this season with BoroCop and Benning. Coleman is a good cheap piece with 20G in the last 2 seasons. I doubt Tampa even trades him. 1.8M caphit that would only save 900K or so after he's replaced internally... not really alot of incentive there to trade him.