If there's no retention then Sharks definitely do this.

Caps accept.

I don't think SEA does this. I see Ron Francis being more conservative with a new franchise. He's going to hold on to his assets. This is more something Vegas would do.

Would be absolutely nuts to see Karlsson move without any retention involved.

I mean, if Seattle's offering, I see no reason to even consider declining this from Washington's perspective. However, if I'm Seattle, I'd probably hold out for better offers on Soucy than dealing him and a young/cheap defenseman for a 3C.

I don't disagree. I'm a Sharks/Kraken fan and I like both sides of this, but it was mostly me dreaming. I do think he is mostly saving for the future, but at the same time this still keeps 2 2nd round picks this year and leaves Jacob Melanson, Tucker Robertson, Kyle Jackson, Ty Nelson, and David Goyette in the pipeline. With some youngish guys like McCormick there for depth. I really think their pipeline is already looking pretty good and sacrificing a little bit now for this I don't think hurts the future. They do need to re-sign Dunn in the offseason, but beyond that they only really need to sign one of Donato, Geekie, or Sprong in my opinion as they have guys like Mccormick and Lind ready to join in. They also have Wright next year which means they just use Eller as a playoff rental, and honestly cap looks good for the next few years with all the youth coming in. I don't know that's my thinking.

The move here is to offload cap space to allow for Karlsson to join and also adds a nice piece to bolster faceoffs (somewhere the Kraken need help on) and somebody I think is better then Wennberg which is who he would replace in the lineup with this fantasy.