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-Rangers are under the cap and don't need to do a cap neutral trade; I also can't see them moving two roster players for one. You'll get a prospect & a 1st coming back for Kane with a 3rd team getting a mid-round pick for double retention.
-Domi double retained down to $1.325M cost Carolina a 6th & a mid-tier prospect. I don't see his value jumping up to a 2nd/4th at the same price point one year later unless he takes a huge, unexpected leap.
-Athanasiou with a healthy year could hit this level of return, and it would admittedly be hilarious to see Edmonton swinging another deadline trade for him. Health is the key though - he put up 17 points in 28 games last year (so about a 50 point pace) but needs to be on the ice producing to get something back.
-I think Johnsson is in the Dmitry Kulikov "trade him for FC" boat at this point - still a useful enough player that you don't have to pay to dump him, but expensive enough that you can't get back anything for him.
-Not sure on the Backstrom health situation, so will defer to Caps fans on his value, but I think they'd do something like this if they need to clear cap. If Backstrom comes back around TDL, though, Eller can probably be sent to a wider pool of teams based on accrued cap space at that point - ie, more teams will have the ability to fit him under the cap then than can do it now. Follow-up trade is probably selling low on a retained Eller - probably could get a 3rd back for him retained straight up.
-Toews would need to really rebound this year to get anywhere near this return. I said it in a different thread, but JT Compher basically matched his offensive production last season while also providing more value defensively, *and* he costs only $3.5M against the cap. Unless Alex Newhook falls in a manhole or something, I can't see Colorado moving their 2023 1st for what would basically be a lateral move.