Anaheim passes on that Rust deal, won’t age well for us

We can just resign Adam Henrique if we need a vet for the future and it will be cheaper

Not with these deals.
Wrong team for Rust plus NMC says no. Also Anaheim is not buying aging wingers.
Arizona is not taking on Granlund and paying for it. Penguins are likely stuck with him.
Dallas might do that one.
Not sure if Montreal would do that, it's a possibility.
Minnesota won't do that for multiple reasons. They don't have the cap space, they don't have a need for LHD and Hartman can play centre, is cheap and they don't have much for centres.

Habs arent taking on rutta and giving up edmundson for only a 3rd

So Alex Nylander's Qualifying Offer is $787,500 and after his breakthrough year with 1 goal and 1 assist you're going to offer him $2.5 million?

Ryan Graves hasn't turned 28 yet, is an excellent defender and his current salary is $4 million. I'd be shocked he wasn't offered $5 million for 5 seasons. I'd offer him that as the Los Angeles GM, especially if the Kings couldn't re-sign Vladi Gavrikov for an acceptable figure.

The value on Bryan Rust is fine but Anaheim isn't the team that will be investing 5 seasons in someone who's over 30. Similarly, Arizona isn't a team that would be paying a future second -- even though they have four of them -- for two seasons of Mikael Granlund.

I'm with @Lancebmx in thinking that the Dallas and Montreal trades are realistic and possible. And he's right again (in my opinion) that Minnesota would hang onto Ryan Hartman for the three reasons he gives.

The idea of moving Edmundson for a RHD is fine, but it has to be a clear upgrade over Kovacevic to justify that contract and I don't feel Rutta is that.
Whoever is our 3 RHD also has to be movable at a moment's notice if someone takes a place ahead of them. Kovacevic qualifies because of his low cap hit. Rutta does not.
We're in the process of clearing out unnecessary contracts.

love the goalies

You realize you signed Alex Nylander and not William Nylander.

as a wild fan this trade is so far off. I wouldn't even take this even if Pettersson was retained at 50%. Just a bad fit and we need hartman for the next year hopefully the following year to get thru cap hell.

Maybe the next one?

Carter is still in the lineup 👎