Dallas adds a boost to their thin RD prospect pool with a player that could be a good bottom-4 RD at some point in the near future

Washington gets (potentially) the 3rd piece of an all-Russian line with Ovi & Kuznetsov, if they elect to roll that line out.

If they don't want to put him on the top line, Radulov still gives them a good middle-6 RW at 50% retained for a playoff push that can be a solid winger at 5v5 and on either PP unit.

**2022 2nd Round Pick Condition**

If the Wild make it to the 2nd Round of the Playoffs & Pavelski plays 50% or more of their playoff games, the 2022 2nd Round Pick becomes a 2022 1st Round Pick

The Stars get a forward prospect that could find his way into the middle-6 as in Khusnutdinov, as well as a long term project on defense in Peart. Khusnutdinov has a little bit of a safer floor, but both could be good NHL pieces for the Stars later down the road.

The Wild look like they could be one of the better teams in the West this year. Pavelski gives Kaprizov a short-term Center for what looks to be one of the better Wild teams in recent memory.

At $3.5M, Pavelski's all-around ability is a perfect stopgap in Minnesota until Rossi/Boldy are ready to potentially slide into that top line Center role next season. Pavelski is useful at both 5v5 & on the Powerplay. He's also capable on the RW side, should Minnesota look to deploy him there.

Bruins get a stay at home, shutdown RD to add to their bottom-4 & their PK

Dallas gets a change of scenery prospect that hasn't seemed to quite figure it out in the Penguins system, but still has a ceiling of being an NHL caliber forward at some point in his career.

Penguins fans on this site seem to love Faksa. He's a fine bottom-6 defensive forward that is good in the dots and can eat up some PK time, but provides very little in the way of offense.

He can slide in immediately & provide defensive depth for the Penguins forward group for the next 3+ seasons

Stars get a raw Swedish RW prospect that still has some significant gaps in his game that need to be polished before he's ready for the pro level. If he's able to iron out those flaws, he could turn into a strong middle-6 winger at the NHL level

The Blues get a short term backup to Binnington in order to give Hofer a little bit more time in the AHL to get his legs under him.

Holtby is a serviceable starting goalie for Dallas, but would be better suited in a backup/1B role which St. Louis is more capable of offering him. Instead of having to rely solely on Binnington, this gives them a starting goalie with a proven track record to handle some of the workload that Binnington would be seeing