locking up the young stars

You won’t have to pay that much to get rid of Zaitsev especially because he only has 1 year left at that point

Those ufas won’t take under a million. de Haan and Motte I mean

Unless 100% of Formenton's value disappears with the scandal, but then why would another team acquire him? He'd be just canceled.

And even then, 2nd + 4th is way too much for a year dump. It might be the actual dump price for 2 years, Zaitsev is only owed 7 M$ total and in the end, it's about money.



And there's absolutely ZERO need for them anyway

With Greig, Kastelic, Kelly and Crookshank, no spot for Motte. And there's several more young guys who will be waiting for call-ups. Guys like Sokolov, Lodin, Ostpachuk, Jarventie, etc.

On defense, same story, JBD and Thomson will make the team full time eventually. But in the case here, De Haan could be added as they traded Brannstrom

Replace Brännström with a 3rd and you have a deal. Hate to trade for someone who has no contract. Of course, guessing that's why you're moving him in the first place.

No, Sens fans have been trying to move Brannstrom because Pierre Dorion said that they won't play Erik on RD for technical reasons.

And on LD, you have Chabot and Sanderson who might eat up 80-85% of the ice time, which leaves not enough for an OFD like Brannstrom to make his mark.

Plus there's Tyler Kleven and now Tomas Hamara, Filip Nordberg and Jorian Donovan (who are all several years away except maybe Hamara)