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-Martin's deal is easily buried in the AHL - Isles did it a few years ago with a similar player in Eric Boulton, letting him ride out the last few years of his deal as a mentor in the AHL with occasional NHL call-ups. Could see MM getting the same type of golden parachute if he's open to it - even with Torts in the room, I can't see any teams really giving up a 5th for him or Cal Clutterbuck.
-Deal doesn't make a ton of sense for the Sharks unless they *need* to move Meier. There's also too many moving parts - Koivula is a depth guy with minimal value, and the Josh Bailey part of the deal makes it needlessly complex. If you want Bailey's contract off the books for 2023-24, buy him out next June - it's a $2.667M dead cap charge for 23-24, and $1.17M for 24-25.
A Meier deal should be modeled off the Kevin Fiala trade from this summer - a strong prospect and a 1st, and I'd argue a third asset would be fine (surprised Minnesota didn't get one). Isles could offer one of Holmstrom/Dufour, the 2023 1st, and something else for Meier's RFA rights (thinking a 2nd or a prospect in the Sam Bolduc/Isaiah George/Ruslan Iskhakhov B-tier). Again, this is only if Mike Grier feels like he needs to move Meier's deal for whatever reasons - personally, I think he's of the right age to keep around the Sharks for at least a couple more years before moving on from him.