Canucks decline easy

That Ottawa trade is a huge loss, Brown is 10x better than Bailey and is on a cheaper contract.

Hi is probably worth a 1st+ as he is great both ways and has had selke votes.

Bailey is a top 9 contributor for 5+ million so that isn't worth it.

That trade is fundamentally flawed as Ottawa is getting something not interesting in return and is lossing the better player for an early 3rd.

if we were able to get Nic Hague I think I'd be fine keeping Salo as LD3 in this case - Reilly is a fine player but I don't think the gap between him and Salo is enough to go out of your way to acquire him. Salo can be sheltered as LD3 (double shift Pelech/Hague in the 3rd period of tight games if you need to) the way Dobson was his first 2 seasons. Not saying Salo becomes Dobson, but we've got a decent blueprint for developing a young D so might as well see if we can take advantage of it.

If Ottawa is down for that trade I think you have to make it - Brown makes up for less offense by being a stronger defensive presence than Bailey, and only having 1 year of the deal works - if he's a homerun, re-sign him, but getting out of that Bailey cap slot a year earlier is worth a pick that probably lands in the 60ish range.

Not sure if the Isles and Vancouver line up in a trade - I'd assume they'd want prospects if they're moving JT Miller, and they'd probably want wingers or RHD - the two areas the Isles have the least prospects in. The other issue is Miller being essentially a rental, which I'm assuming is going to lead to the return being less than what Canucks fans would want, but unless Miller is 100% in love with where he goes, I could see him testing free agency in the summer. This is probably going to be his only meaningful crack at UFA, and for a guy who's bounced around as much as he has (NYR->Tampa->Vancouver), I could see him looking for a big number and long term with a strong NMC/NTC - not something I'd be too stoked about the Islanders giving to a guy who'll turn 30 next season.

Reilly for a 3rd is CF Certified, lets not try and change it now.

I think my offer was basically translated into a 3rd lol.

Salo to get rid of Panik $2.75M cap hit; a 5th isn't enough.

He doesn't have a $2.75M cap hit. Detroit retained 50%. It's $1.375M.

https://www.capfriendly.com/teams/redwings

True, I forgot that. But the Bruins don't want Panik and they need all cap space they can have. Go straight up Salo for Reilly or the usual 3rd for Reilly offers on the site.

I don't think there's any chance Dobson takes 4 mill unless its on a 1 year deal , which would bring him to arbitration next offseason. With his ice time being over 20 min and putting up 50 pts, the arbitrator would award him at least 6 mill. To get Dobson on a 3 year deal it would cost between 5-5.5 mill.

But it's not just a 3rd when you look at the full deal. Boston taking on two players reduces their available contract spots (max 50) by 1. While that doesn't seem like much, it can be the difference in pulling off a trade during the season or bring in a NCAA FA. For Boston its more valuable to shed Reilly and open up another contract slot. Not to mention a 5th rounder has around a 50% less chance of playing 100 NHL games then a 3rd rounder and a 3rd rounder has about a 14% chance.

Salo doesn't really add any value to Boston. Lindholm, Grz, Forbort are already under contract (assuming Reilly is traded). They also have Ahcan, Wolff, Callahan in the system and one of their top prospects is also a LHD (Mason Lohrei). So Boston is acquiring two guys they don't need while getting a worse pick and losing a contract spot that they could need down the road.

OTT isnt coming anywhere near that.

At this point, Bailey isnt really value positive and CBrown is worth a 1st.