Buffalo needs to "eat" a contract on the way back for this deal to work. They could always LTIR Grabovski if necessary.

Signs 5 year extension, $5.5M AAV.

Neal will likely be selected by Vegas next week if left unprotected. In this scenario, they get the 15th overall pick in the draft rather than lose him for nothing.

Lots of moving parts prior to expansion. This gives Minnesota a fallback should Brodin be taken, a 50+ point scoring 2C and expansion draft exempt blue chip prospect.

Draft day trade. Dallas has the worst PK unit in the league, Kulemin can help that immensely. Hudler, Hemsky, Sharp and potentially Eakin (expansion) will all not return next season. Plenty of holes in the bottom-6 for Kulemin to dress every game

Calgary gets their starting goalie for a reasonable price. Only has one year left on his contract, so if it doesn't work out they can easily cut bait.

Cizikas could immediately fill a 3C role and great PKer. Thought about Hickey here as well, but there will be plenty of other defenseman available at the expansion draft.