habs wont get close to that for taking kane's salary

Lol they give to them a player who will be put on LTIR & 25% of Kane salary. I can compare that as a massive gift for the NYR salary cap.

You think anyone's paying decent value for 2 years of Hoffman without retention?

You won't be getting a 2nd for retaining on Kane, also Byron being on LTIR is irrelevant

About the Hoffman trade, I expect that they will make the trade at 2:59 PM as a '' panic move'' by Vegas. Just go watch his stats in the past 10 games.

Highly doubtful. He's been quite inconsistent in the last 10 games. We'll see though but I would be shocked if Vegas shoots themselves in the foot cap wise next year for a PP specialist

It was reported by Friedman that no team has interest with Mike Hoffman, so its dellusional to think were gonna get a 3rd a 6th for him. Even if he puts up points, he isnt playing well.
Whats even more dellusional is to think that we can get a 2nd and Kratsov for retention and byron, who isnt gonna play. Most we're gonna get is a 4th. Add to it that lots of teams are ready to retains so maybe more like a 5th. Thats the return Minnisota received in the O'reilly trade.

and why is that a ''massive gift''. just look at the past deadline trade with retention. its not a massive gift. im not trying to be a dick, you'll be disapointed i f you expect a second