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Ottawa cannot do this cap wise. If they had a net 2.5M in cap (difference between Joseph and Konecny), they wouldn't have to shop Pinto. They could likely sign him to a 2 year deal at 2.5M or less.
The issue with Pinto is probably that Ottawa can only afford to sign him to a 1 year deal, which means if they want to retain other pieces, they will have to trade Pinto next year anyways. It's why Laughton makes sense as a prediction, because he is better than Pinto as the 3C in the short-term and he is cap controlled for multiple years at below market value. So the Sens would look at it like there is no way to keep Pinto long term so they might as well make the team better over the next 1-3 years, even if it comes at the expense of giving PHI or whoever a solid 2C for the next decade. It's basically Brassard for Zibanajed 2.0. (Although, I don't think anybody expected Zibanejad to become as good as he did, not even the Rangers.)