Teams make trades to move up spots in the draft all the time.
2nd round pick to 1st with a cap dump isnt an every year thing but it happens and did actually last year.
Mrazek and 1st for 2nd happened just this last year
Myers and a 1st for a 2nd one spot earlier
Moving up in the draft happens more then you'd think outside the top 20 -25 picks
Inside the top 25 its way trickier for sure but outside not to much especially when dumping contracts
Whats rare is the team dumping contracts get anything of value back let alone a roster player.
Thanks for bringing up Manson i can prove my point using your example now.
Like they did Manson who without RS was at 4m had no offer of 2nd round pick or offers really
Then ANA's GM deal Manson for the dead last pick in the 2nd round after RS of 50%
The same guys who dealt Manson is suppose to get a better return or even the same with Klingberg at his cap hit even at 50% RS?
There's just no way possible a 3.5m player with his numbers is having a Playoff team eliminate a player for him .
There's only 8 teams with 2m or more cap in the free and clear with 2 of those being in the playoffs in WPG and MIN which i think dont need Klingberg especially at that cost.
Unless Letang or someone gets injured i just dont see any NHL team being in the position to take him .
There's a few cap dump idea's like i was trying to explore with TBL but given your response to my initial try to suggest that i'll avoid them.
That or someone making a David Savard type deal with double RS where his team gets way overpaid as no one thought or thinks David was worth a 1st , 3rd and 4th that TBL gave up to DET and CBJ for him but because his production was much higher 1.06/4.25m cap hit he had after DET RS the 2nd time he was overpaid like it. Cap vs Production matters and 3.5 for Klingberg is like 5m for Gallagher , sure you save a lot but its still way too much for anyone to consider a value they'd pay for yet alone overpay for.
Then again like Chairot maybe a coaching change in your last 20 games and being switched to RD will spark offense and Klingberg will be 9pts in his last 9 games provoking someone to overpay for him too. Chiarot stepped up to earn MTL that pick but until that point under Ducharme we'd have been lucky to get a 2nd round pick .
I used examples and gave context so people could clearly understand.
I didnt mix my response's into someone else quote trying to blur the lines of put words in their mouth taking advantage of the confusion.
I spoke plainly and direct inviting you to do the same
Feed me some more of those Manson examples i can use