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First thought: these two trades seem completely at odds with each other. So the Canucks are selling pending UFA Bo Horvat to get a prospect & a pick, but giving up a pick & roster players to get a rental in Damon Severson? I understand that you're giving the caveat that extensions are in place, but this feels like wheel-spinning in between "going all in" and "retooling".
As far as value: I don't the Capitals say yes to the Horvat trade. First off, I don't see a path to them having enough cap space to get Horvat on the books for this season; secondly, I would think that the Caps are projecting McMichael to basically turn into a version of Horvat - a 50ish point middle-6 C, except on his ELC/bridge cap hits instead of the $6M+ I'd assume that Horvat would get in an extension.
Devils easily pass on the Severson trade you're offering here. You're giving them a 2023 1st, sure, but actually having them take back more cap (Pearson+Dermott=$4.7M, Severson=$4.16M) and two roster players they don't really need. Pearson is probably a third liner on their team at best, and would probably be blocking one of their younger forwards in the pipeline right now; Dermott is not needed because one of the main reasons that the Devils are entertaining the idea of trading Severson is the sheer amount of strong D prospects they have coming through the system. If they trade Severson, I assume they give the rest of the year's run to a guy like Reilly Walsh before handing the reins over to Simon Nemec; Dermott is just a kinda pricey 7th D based on their current depth chart.