Strong…would be psyched with this lineup.

Replace siegs with Bahl in the trade and it would be much better

Agreed.

Doesn’t work cap wise. We’d struggle to have a suitable top 9 in 24-25 if Bahl was included instead of Siegenthaler

Yes, Anaheim accepts

Then get more retention on Gibson. At the price you're paying you certainly can. Or go for a cheaper cap option like Pettersson instead of Hanifin. If you're trying to shed cap 3.4 mill on siegs isn't the way to do it

Thanks for the input. Definitely think this deal would help both sides. Casey gives ANA a future top 4 offensive RHD and ANA gets another 1st round pick to choose another quality player

Pettersson will be at 4m in 24-25, but then he’ll be due for an extension as well that will probably pay him 5.5-6.5; Hanifin is a much better player. If acquiring Hanifin means dealing Siegenthaler, I don’t even think twice and I’m not a Kevin Bahl fan. Even if you’re not confident in Bahl for 24-25, you can sign someone like Kulikov for 1m on a 1 year deal. Not gonna get more retention on Gibson with his term and them taking Vanecek back

You make that move and you're gonna spend the next 5 years desperately trying to get a dman as good as siegenthaler at that price.

Graves just got 4.5 in UFA and he was a tier below siegenthaler. and prices only go up as the cap rises.

If you want to move Siegs, sell him. Do not just throw him away "to make the cap work".

As a UFA Siegs would likely get a 5x5. That is 8 million dollars of surplus value you're throwing away.

I urge you to find a dman as good as siegs who you can get at 17 mill total over the next 5 years without throwing away massive draft capital

But let's do some simple math.

You have UFA hanifin valued here at 7 million. (market value) You're buying 1 year of him at 5 mill. That is 2 mill in surplus value.

Let's conservatively value Siegenthaler at the graves deal of 4.5 mill. That is 5.5 mill in surplus value there.

The way you’re looking at it isn’t reality tho. The first thing you have to take into account is the quality of player. Siegenthaler is a 2nd pairing dman while Hanifin is a top pairing dman which is why he’s worth the 7m. Tbh, Siegs for the better part of the past year has been one of the most inconsistent players on the team. He was god awful today vs the Habs. So yeah maybe we have him a million under market value, but that doesn’t mean he’s unmovable if you can land a player like Hanifin

You can find ways to fit Hanifin at 7 mill without sacrificing siegs. and siegs at 3.4 will be a need