Quoting: cMac73
You won’t have to pay that much to get rid of Zaitsev especially because he only has 1 year left at that point
Unless 100% of Formenton's value disappears with the scandal, but then why would another team acquire him? He'd be just canceled.
And even then, 2nd + 4th is way too much for a year dump. It might be the actual dump price for 2 years, Zaitsev is only owed 7 M$ total and in the end, it's about money.
Quoting: cMac73
Those ufas won’t take under a million. de Haan and Motte I mean
And there's absolutely ZERO need for them anyway
With Greig, Kastelic, Kelly and Crookshank, no spot for Motte. And there's several more young guys who will be waiting for call-ups. Guys like Sokolov, Lodin, Ostpachuk, Jarventie, etc.
On defense, same story, JBD and Thomson will make the team full time eventually. But in the case here, De Haan could be added as they traded Brannstrom