So this is minor, but I don't know why everyone is resigning McBackup. He sucks. Like objectively he's one of the worst goalies in the league by literally every stat you can imagine. Yes, he is having a good year. But he's been in the league for years so its more likely that he's going to regress, rather than play like he has for the Leafs. Anyways;

Lindholm is the #1 D in ANA and is very very good. One year of JVR and a prospect is simply not enough. Barring an insane overpayment, ANA is not going to move him. Especially since his contract is amazing. One of Marner Nylander needs to be involved for ANA not to laugh at this offer. It looks like ANA will need to trade a D man, and I think it will be Vatanen. In any case, we need RHD which Lindholm is not.

The MIN deal is interesting, but I think they say no. I'd be more into Brodin since his underlying stats are pretty good. He's fairly underrated. They would probs want a D prospec back and some pick.

I agree that Vatanen or Fowler are done in Anaheim. Lindholm is more of a wish list kind of guy. I think if they get JVR and Bracco then Silfverberg will be left exposed to Vegas and he's gone. That frees up some cash for JVR to re-sign. I don't think its a laughable request considering all the potential gains Anaheim could potentially get.

McElhinney "plays the right way" per Babcock. So that's why I re-signed him. I'd rather see Sparks get a shot and if he fails there is always options in the middle of the season for a vet backup.