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-Vegas doesn't feel like a landing spot for Jarnkrok - they've got some room with Lehner on LTIR, but devoting 60% of that space to a 3rd liner feels like a weird use of assets.
-I don't see the sense for Chicago to pay this much for a veteran in his walk year. Vancouver's pick is likely to be in the first half of the 2nd, and Ottawa is probably mid-3rd - would you give up a low-40s and low-80s pick for the *possibility* that you might get a late-20s pick? Because, remember, Brodie could turn into a pumpkin and completely tank his value playing on a rebuilding team at 33 years old - or worse, he could get injured. The difference in value between picks #40OA + #80OA and #28OA is the equivalent of a mid/late-4th rounder - wouldn't it just make more sense for the Blackhawks to sign a guy like Nick Ritchie or Tyler Motte for $1M and flip them out at the deadline for that type of draft capital instead?
-3rd for retention works, but think you need more than just a warm body with that 2nd to get the Flames to move Zadorov. Nothing big, but someone with more NHL potential than Rifai.