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I'll ignore what I see as too high of a price you have EDM paying for Dowd and ask: how do you justify having Dowd @ 50% retained for 1.5 years even within arm's reach of both Pacioretty & Jensen @ 1mil retained for 2.5 years value-wise? Sure, a 1st + a 4th is more valuable than a 2nd + a 3rd but it's really not that big enough of a difference to justify what I see as a VAST difference in the quality of assets going out.
On the one hand, Dowd is likely the league's best 4C at 650k for another year.
On the other, Jensen is a consistent and capable 2RD at 3mil and, given that you're involving him in a deadline deal, Pacioretty is at least a middle-6 complementary scoring W rental. This deal also occupies a retention slot for an extra year on top of the other one.