What in tarnation
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There's two issues I see here for the parties involved.
1) PHI doesn't get assets of need in exchange to Sanheim, which basically means RHD prospects. They're severely lacking in that department. Yes they're lacking in other parts as well but for example a team like Kings could easily outbid this offer by throwing in prospects like Spence or Grans alongside their first. What EDM throws in alongside that 1st is just fluff, holding no real purpose or need for the Flyers. Nothing that would evoke certain interest.
2) ARI has only one retention spot left after retaining Ekman-Larsson's and Kuemper's contracts, and I think that is reserved for any potential Kessel deal there is to come. This is easily fixed by picking some other team for that retention like Buffalo, but a problem to note regardless. I'd question the value of Lagesson or Marody as compensations as neither doesn't seem like assets with actual NHL future - I think the team would rather have picks as compensation as those at least in theory have potential to manifest into something more interesting - I mean say that EDM throws in a 4th for a team to retain that salary and that 4th turns out to be the next Carter Savoie - that's the kind of potential dub we're talking about.