I don't think Minnesota would accept that trade.

The Rangers and Habs will never be trading partners, not when they continuously meet one another in the playoffs. As for your Wild deal, it doesn't really help their expansion draft problems as that's two additional spots they now would need in order to protect Emelin and Byron.

They don't need to protect emelin because he has a garbage contract

Giving up way too.many draft picks here.. where do you think teams get there good players from? This team would be completely screwed in the future.

1. Don't think VGK will take Plek's contract with only one 2nd rounder. Maybe two second rounders. But that's just my guess and others' speculations.
2. MIN deal might work
3. Stepan deal will work, but I'm not fond of it. We won't have any space to sign Price the following year... Plus you're giving a bit too much. Beaulieu + Lindgren + Davidson + 2nd seems well sufficient imo. I'm just more concerned about cap.
4. Radulov will not sign for 5M, 6M minimum. But Markov might sign for 4M discount, so it all works out either way.

Wild pass.
-They have cheaper in-house options to play bottom pair (Olofsson, Reilly, Foiln).
-Byron would be the 12/13 FWD. Granny, Nino, Parise, Zucker are LWs that are better than him.
-Wild need to shed cap not add it.

yeah wasnt sure about the minny trade they have no picks so help replenish that and thought a 1mill 20 goal scorer might ad some value and doubt vegas picks up emelin so he helps fill out there 5-6 its only 1 year contract even though he is over paid

yeah i dont know minny that well thought byron has value somewhere cause hes cheap can play center too emelin can be taken out and delt elsewhere but i was stretching on the brodin deal without giving awayall our draft picks would a first and mccarron intrest you helps salary and expansion coverage

cap space theirs 3mill more in cap space and it probably will go up again that puts price to 9mill
and why wouldn't vegas take a second rounder they had to get to the cap floor some how and they can trade him to another team and retain 50% contract and get more assets plec is over paid but still a useful 3rd line C there would be interest in him at 3mill
were deep in net that's why i allowed charlie to go beaulieu is kinda a throw in hes done in montreal so his value isn't super high too inconsistent defensively

this years draft sucks and 2018 have 5/7 picks 2019 6/7 besides habs have done a brutal job bringing top picks through there system so is a couple picks really gunna kill them? im sure they can acquire more picks in a years time too if we get in cap trouble ....win now mode

still useful just over paid for a #5 Dman he gets trashed cause they used him as a #1 which he doesnt belong but wont get picked up theres better options

There is this thing called a Salary Cap.... Not too sure if you heard about it but your team is in cap trouble..... ***** and complain all you want but you will lose 1-2 decent roster players.

Never thought they wouldn't lose at least one good player (Vegas is for sure getting one). I really don't care if it's Spurgeon, Brodin, Scandella, or Granlund it makes the cap workable and the Wild still have a strong roster. Dumba, Zucker, Staal (would hurt the on-ice team the most imo), or Coyle would require other moves.

That was one of my points about the trade being bad was the salary cap. Emlin and Brodin are a wash, and Byron adds $1.1m for a 4th line player cap wise.