Defense gets younger and bigger

BOS appears likely to lose Lauzon in ED. This way they get a 2nd round pick, a cheap 7D to play on their roster next season (Bowey), a RD prospect (Woo) and a versatile and tough bottom 6 forward (MacEwen) to replace the player Seattle likely picks in ED.

Assuming Seattle selects Palat, TBL still need to move a large contract such as Johnson. Johnson has a 20 team trade list, you can bet very few teams that can afford him (NJD, BUF, CBJ, DET , etc) are on his list. VAN offers this deal, take it or leave it.

TBL needs good roster players at minimal cap hit. These two players play hard and would fit nicely into the bottom 6.

Virtanen, Myers and Holtby alternative options for Seattle