That does not get Domi and they are not benching Frederic for him,

Davidson is pretty clear about wanting draft picks.

But who knows, I can't tell whether BOS has all their 2026/2027 picks...maybe that's his angle?

they do, and they would be extremely irresponsible to move them

they took bodies back in the laferty mcnabb trade, who both have term so to make things work figured CHI would take pics, prospects and reilly... they still have to ice a team.

Loose definition of team over here 🤣

They took back Joey Anderson ($750K, pending RFA) and Pavel Gogolev (on his ELC) because Toronto was using 49 of their 50 contracts slots(keeping one open for Knies), and needed to send out a contract for every one they brought in.

What you're sending here is classic quality over quantity. Lauko is a bottom-6 player at best - he's 22 and his 10 goals in 34 AHL GP is the best production he's had in his professional career to date. Steen is 2 years older and hasn't shown much of anything to make me believe he's better than a bottom-6 guy. Zboril's already 26 without a full season's worth of NHL games under his belt yet. Reilly, as you said, is a cap dump with another $3M owed next year.

Domi should get back a 2nd a prospect in this trade market, possibly more with retention. There's really no prospects here, and the best pick is a 3rd rounder three drafts away. Regardless of what you think of Domi's fit on the Bruins, I can't imagine this being a package the Blackhawks would get excited over.