Next season

I don't see that interesting buffalo

sharks would be fine with that, but meier gets at least 1 mil more a season

Blackwood isn't getting a 2nd.

Meier/Bratt/Bass will get more

Boot McLeod out the door if he wants 2.5m

Hill isn't needed. Perry is whatever. Gritsyuk won't be in NA next season.

Don’t need to do a sign and trade if trade is before deadline since max term would still be 8-years.

And Holtz likely won’t be included in any deadline deals.

while severson would certainly feel a need, I think if we trade meier I dont know if severson fits the package type Grier has been asking for and is certainly not in the right age range. This trade certainly benefits the devils much much much more than it does the sharks, and ideally we would be getting a prospect a little better than eklund in the return, not one that is a little worse