cap solutions

Uhh yeeeah, the Blues will not be providing any cap solutions to the Wild.

Against Ottawa's interests to help the Wild find cap space to keep Fiala.

Was a trade deleted or something? I don't see any Blues trades here.

I don't see Guerin moving Gaudreau. Dean loves the guy, he's also on a good contract for what he provides. I'd also be surprised if we moved Merrill since we extended him a month or so ago.

I'd guess you're at least $1M AAV short on Middleton, Fiala probably gets around $7.5M AAV if not more, and Wallstedt and Lambos should not be playing NHL minutes next year. Lines are also funky, GREEF is one of the best defensive lines in the league and there's no reason to break it up. With this group, you're looking at

Kaprizov - Hartman - Zucc
Boldy - Rossi - Fiala
Greenway - JEE - Foligno
Duhaime - Jost - Deslauriers
Middleton - Spurgeon
Brodin - Dumba
x (probably Merrill) - Goligoski

Trading the Ducks the 3 years of Merrill that your GM signed him to less than 3 months ago seems, odd...Plus, Ducks are rebuilding-no need to trade picks for depth LD's, when they've got about 8 of them that are going to be fighting for ice time next year.

A decent player at a 600K cap hit, for a 4th and 7th?

Leafs say yes.