Dubas doesn’t do buyouts.

I’d be surprised if you were able to move Petry's contract for less than a 1st. $6.25M with term is a tough pill to swallow. Hawks say no IMO

I doubt the Hawks would agree either as he is a pointless acquisition, but this notion that Petry is an albatross contract is brain dead. He's plenty capable of 20-22 minutes/game at 2RD on a contender. He does need a solid partner, but at his price and age, he shouldn't be expected to carry a pair anyway. If Petry were a UFA this year, he would be easily the best RD in the class. He's at most a million overpaid, but he's no liability like Granlund or Carter. Klingberg, Gudas, Dumba are all inferior players and arguably will be on worse value contracts.

Yeah, to be perfectly honest, I almost prefer not to take on Karlsson, keep Petry as the 2RD, and use the cap space on forwards. Petry is by no means bad, and the only real reason to move him now is to create space for a big deal like an EK trade. Maybe you deal Petry next year, depending on how things unfold.

Agreed, Petry is far from an albatross. But I don’t believe the hawks are in a place to take advantage of him for the next couple of years.

I didn’t see he was still averaging over 22 mins a night. Impressive