Could see Chicago take it problem is with all the young defense he rutta really doesn’t have a spot in the lineup unless we move Murphy, and we need his salary to stay at cap floor.

AZ takes this trade. DeSmith is good G2 (give Ingram G1 see how he does), an A Dman prospect (AZ needs) and 14OA, Pitt gets G1 they need and a 3rd (get depth prospect)

yeah ARI obviously accepts. this is a huuuuuge overpay. that is a price for the best goalie in the league almost lol

Idk about that. Mitchell isn't likely to be back with CHI and Regula is likely to be in the AHL for at least one more year. That leaves no one worthy of that third pairing role in CHI. So, I would gladly buyout Zaitsev and put Rutta on the right side third pairing.

I think all the UFAs outside of Ghost look like good options in my opinion. That Arizona trade is a nightmare though