I as well think Reinhart makes more fiscal sense for Minnesota, i think he gets a little more than that though

As far as the Seattle selection goes, Soucy can be replaced by UFA's or a trade that would cost less draft capital and Buffalo only had to pay a 6th for Vegas to take Carrier over Ullmark. A 2nd and a 3rd seems a bit lofty to me. I think the most I'd wager is a single 3rd to get Seattle to go for Rask over those two, and even that is pushing it for me.

1) I agree Reinhart should be the target. As far as salary, I used RNH and Fiala asking for around 6-7 mill as a base. I would probably be comfortable pushing limit at 6.75M/AAV?

2) I thought the same as you did about a month ago, heck maybe even a couple weeks ago. But, now that they lost Suter they need Defensemen AND they need Rask gone. This way, you do pay for Soucy who is solid, cheap, and young without having to dip into Free Agents as much because that can get expensive or just purely ineffective as you know what Soucy brings. I do agree you shouldn't pay too much of a price to keep him or Kaapo, like a first rounder.