No, it doesn't work for Dallas. If they make the exact trade you have outlined above, they will have $2.8M this offseason to fill a MINIMUM of 5 roster spots. Gotta remember that Hintz's extension kicks in next season, so there's already an extra $5.3M that Dallas will have to account for. Adding another $5.75M (difference between Karlsson and Faksa's contracts in the trade above) is simply not financially possible for Dallas if they want to ice a full roster next season.

For my view on the EK trade… salary on the defensive side is typically something like 8m player 1, 6m player 2, 4m player 3, and kind of tapers. Dallas has Miro at the player 1 level. I don’t think it would be financially wise to add EK, even though he is an amazing player. I would trade EK to a team that could afford him as a player 1.

Merkley's value is not a 3rd. He's 22 and struggled to get his footing into the lineup. It'd probably be more close to a 4th or 5th, to which Nashville still probably wouldn't be interested.

Nice ACGM

I think NJD gives up a little more later picks to account for Nieto's value and Reimer>Blackwood, e.g. something like a 3rd

Karlsson deal is tough to pull off anywhere, especially with Grier's reported crazy ask of 3 1sts 18% max retention

Barb and Merkley probably won't return that much but they are close

Minnesota declines