Hawks don’t give up a 3rd for those 2. They are stocked w/LDs in the pipeline. Atkinson doesn’t help the rebuild. If he was a free agent there might be interest in signing but not enough to give up the that high of a pick.

Laughton having a bad year and rangers aren’t gonna rely on a bounce back

I could see the Rangers deal provided that you swap out a 1st + Jones for like Goodrow and Wheeler.

Can only retain on 3 guys at a time.

(Atkinson at 50% could nice trade chip)

You're selling to a rebuilding team and you're retaining in a trade to the team with the most available cap space. You're also asking for a 3rd round pick for a diminishing talent who can't stay healthy and an ECHL player. Make it make sense.

Hawks might pay a 6th or a 7th for Atkinson w/ no retention in July if they totally whiff in free agency. But that's as good as it gets for Atkinson.

Sometimes I wonder if NJD would have been best served by selling Graves last offseason and seeing if we could have added another 1st to the cupboard. Bahl/Luke were on the way in regardless.

Ya ok leafs would probably do that