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Faced with cap ceiling problems, why would McPhee trade away Merrill? He's close to the cheapest player on the roster, and reasonably effective as a third-pairing defenseman.
Even though DeMelo's current contract has only one more year to run, I think Ottawa will hold on to him, at least until the trade deadline in 2020, in the hope that they can re-sign him.
McElhinney has won more than a dozen games for Carolina this year, so I think he's going to command a lot more than $925,000.