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Of these teams, only maybe 1 has the space to take on Ekholm. These returns are all over the place. You're not going to get Jones out of NYR for Ekholm, but Carolina will cough up a late 1st and Suzuki yesterday. All in all, New York may make sense at a far lesser price. Hajek/Harpur hasn't really been impressive. As much as LA will eventually need to move an RD, I'm not sure Ekholm really works. Depending on which RD it is, maybe, but I'm not sure about this package. I think Kings fans are better for this. Edmonton needs defensive help and that's a fit but they don't have the cap space at all and I don't think Broberg would be the piece involved, maybe someone like Savoie is better for this kind of fit. Carolina just straight-up does not have room. As much as I think they'd be willing to pay this price to upgrade on de Haan, they've got roughly 2 mil in cap space and, like Edmonton, aren't accruing because they are in LTIR relief.