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-Blues accept, I would think - Acciari probably has a 3rd round value and getting an interesting body in Steeves is a bonus.
-If I'm in charge of the Islanders, I accept and thank you kindly - but I don't think Lou is going to be trading Martin. First thing he did after coming to the Island from Toronto was trade for Martin; feels like MM has a spot for life in the Isles org.
-I would think the Hawks pass here? Lafferty's a solid bottom-6 player who's got an extra year of cheap term; I think he has more value to them than a pair of mid/late-round picks.
-Feels like there's not enough here for Vancouver to make this deal. Schenn at his cap hit probably brings back a 2nd rounder; Joshua probably brings back a 4th on his own. Kallgren has minimal value (unless you think a guy putting up a .871 SV% in the AHL as a 26 year old is a big get?), Ovchinnikov is a long-term project who went back to Russia after a cup of coffee in North America last year; and taking Kerfoot is a favor the Canucks would be doing you - Vancouver's sending out 2 NHL quality players with a $1.675M hit and taking back a pending UFA with a $3.5M AAV, which isn't something that's all too attractive an asset for a retooling/rebuilding/whatever they're doing team.
-Florida's been in cap hell all year and you're sending them back more cap than they're sending out; for that reason alone I think they would pass on this. I'd also argue that you're probably better off keeping Holl than Gudas, especially if you're already getting Schenn - Gudas is a defense-first, physical D that would be redundant with Schenn on board. Just feels like a weird use of assets, to me.