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thelazygent
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Eakin is a 25 year old, 3rd line center, who is normally good for 35 points a year, but had a bad year this year. He is a feisty, 2 way player.
Nieme is a backup at this point in his career. 4.5 m is a lot for him, but it is only a one year deal. Benoit Allair can get this guy up and running again. I trust him.
Raanta is a average starting goalie that needs a opportunity to start somewhere else. If we do not trade him, he will get taken in the expansion draft and lose him for nothing.
Staal, at this point in his career, is a bottom 6 Dman that has 5.7m cap hit for the next four years. His contract is a debacle. With all due respect, Staal looks terrible out there.
So essentially Dallas takes on Staal but gets Raanta. Rangers get out of Staal contract, lose Raanta, but get a buy low candidate in Eakin and take on a bad contract for only a year.