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Oettinger and Dallas apparently do not see eye to eye on a deal. Vegas threatens to use their cap space (from Lehner+Patrick+Weber going on LTIR) to sign Oettinger to an inflated 1 year contract. This doesn't work for either side. Dallas gets a worse return, and Vegas has to overpay Oettinger in cap. Vegas would prefer to give up more picks and assets to get Oettinger on a better contract. Dallas would prefer to get a better return. Is this a good return for Oettinger?
Vegas gives up two 1sts, a 2nd, a 3rd, and a young top 4 defenseman in Hague, who will likely sign in the 3.XX x 3 range in exchange for Oettinger. A 1 year 6.2M offer sheet would be costly for Dallas to match, as they would have to give up some major assets to move out contracts to one of the few teams with cap space, or give up a good player for a minimal return. That offer sheet would be doable by Vegas, and would only cost a 1st+3rd.
The moving parts in the trade are a swap of Brossoit and Khudobin. Dallas prefers Brossoit, Khudobin is expected to return in time for training camp. Dallas retains on Khudobin to make it cap in/cap out. Vegas buries Khudobin.
Hakanpaa goes to Vegas to balance out roster needs and move some cap out for Dallas. He is a big bottom pairing D who only makes 1.5M.
An alternative if Vegas is not giving up enough value (in the context of extorting Dallas with an offer sheet threat), would be adding Logan Thompson to the trade and removing the Broissoit/Khudobin swap.