Rather the Devils go for the big prize of Meier than help the Islanders clear room to get him.

This is assuming the Devils miss out on Meier and pivot elsewhere, the Islanders will be able to hold Meier and Beauvillier till the offseason so it's not a case of the Devils doing the Isles a favor

It would be though, since that cap to have any flexibility for moves post Meier extension would come from that move. Plus the fact that NJ is hunting for high end Top 6 talent. They’re better off using the puck and 4+ in cap to find that

it wouldnt because you can just swap Rodrigues and Beauvillier's salary and there u go. He can go to any team I really dont care but I figured Devs miss on Meier they can pivot to someone else like Beau

Beau is just not the kind of guy that gets targeted after Timo Meier, especially by an analytics heavy org like NJ.