You're gonna have to give up more than that if you're dumping Korpisalo's god awful contract on the Preds. If Saros is going with a very reasonable extension in place there's no reason the return wouldn't be exorbitant. A first maybe covers dumping Korpi. Then you look at the rest of the package and it's nothing great. It's gonna cost Ottawa a good prospect. Tyler Boucher is not gonna do anything for the Preds. We have enough wings in the prospect pool.

Nashville can find a backup for askarov that doesnt eat up 4 million in capspace for the next 4 seasons and might put up decent numbers as well. Korpisalo isnt that player.

Nashville doesnt need another RW prospect... he'd be buried in our wing pipeline behind Evangelista, Kemell, Wood, Tomasino, L'Heureux, Schaefer, and maybe Fink. Not everyone will turn out but there is more than enough there to not waste the Saros return on another winger.

Boston's 1sts is late and just covers taking Korpisalo.

I'm going to go against NSH fans here, but I think OTT would decline that trade. WAY too much to give up for a goalie. When you look at comps, a 1st + a 2nd is more than enough to get a good goalie.

Just buy out Korpi. It is a very digestible buy-out, especially as the cap rises, and doesn't cost us exorbitant assets such as Joseph. If we really want Saros, comps suggest a 1st and Kleven (or a similar level pick/prospect) should do.

OTT not trading chabot for player closer to retirement than their rookie season