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Ottawa doesn't want Matheson, Pettersson, or Dumoulin, as has been repeated again and again in many many ACGM threads.
This is pretty simple, Matheson has five more seasons after this season at $4.875MM cap hit, and is not better than Chabot, and will be quickly passed by Sanderson, and Ottawa is not paying Matheson $4.875MM to play 3rd pair for 5 seasons. Dumoulin's cap hit is $4.1MM for two more seasons, and is in the same position as Matheson, even though he's better than Matheson, he's not beating out Chabot, and will be passed by Sanderson. Pettersson has a cap hit of $4.025MM for four more seasons after this season, and even though he's not listed here in this trade, he's in the same position as Matheson and Dumoulin.
Here's a nice visual, if Ottawa made this trade, this off season
LD Chabot, $8MM until 27/28
LD Matheson, $4.875MM until 25/26 <--- this guy is really really bad at hockey
RD Zaitsev, $4.5MM until 23/24
LD Dumoulin, $4.1MM until 22/23
LD Brannstrom, $863K, needs a new contract in 22/23
RD Zub, RFA next season
LD Wolanin, RFA next season
RD JBrown, $1.2MM until 21/22
LD Sanderson - likely to compete for a roster spot in training camp 21/22
RD Jacob Bernard-Docker - likely to compete for a roster spot in 21/22 at some point
RD Lassi Thomson - likely to compete for a roster spot in 21/22 at some point
There's too many LD, and two need to be removed
LD Chabot, $8MM until 27/28
RD Zaitsev, $4.5MM until 23/24
LD Brannstrom, $863K, needs a new contract in 22/23
RD Zub, RFA next season
LD Wolanin, RFA next season
RD JBrown, $1.2MM until 21/22
LD Sanderson - likely to compete for a roster spot in 21/22
RD Jacob Bernard-Docker - likely to compete for a roster spot in 21/22
RD Lassi Thomson - likely to compete for a roster spot in 21/22
Fixed, Ottawa has their 7 NHL defencemen for next season already