Not sure about the Ekholm deal, I think NSH gets a pretty good return. If they'd take it, I would do it. Prospect pool deep enough to absorb giving up Zboril. Maybe I'd offer Heinen over DeBrusk and see if they'd bite. Don't know if I can get behind the Brown deal. Though you have retained salary, that term eats nearly 3 million for a guy who's like playing in the bottom 6 for 5 more years. Brown's best days are behind him, B's already have aged grit for 6mil a year with Backes.

No thanks to Dustin brown, even retained. That contract for 5 years is still a serious albatross. Doubt that gets ekholm.

Why does everybody throw JFK in 3rd center? He needs to spend a year in Providence. IMO, Heinen is ahead in the pecking order, throw him in there first to see how he does