Late Offseason Moves

To Chicago Foegele+2023 2nd round pick, To Edmonton FC. Very doubtful any GM gives up assets for Foegele.

Zaitsev will cost a 1st for OTT to dump. That Foegele trade is probably fine though. Maybe take the 5th out.

*Ssssshhhhhhh. Don't tell him*

Ottawa doesn't need to move him this season though

They will wait, maybe even pay his bonus next July so he'd be a 2.5 AAV for just 1 season

You'd have to be really stupid to waste a 1st round pick on this when you could just do it another way

Yeah. Agreed. OTT does not HAVE TO move him. But if they were to move him, they would have to pay a pretty steep price to do so. Which makes moving him even less appealing for them. And yeah, moving him next summer would be a lot smarter and cheaper. After that bonus is paid there is only $2.5M owed to him for the season. If they need the roster spot this year, he doesn't have an NMC, so waivers are still an option.