Getting younger and deeper

Carter won't waive

Maybe. But it worths to try. If Carter would be traded after that to a better team, with 50% retained, than it'd be possible and I think he could waive his clause. A 3-teams trade. I've seen much crazier (and so called "impossible") trades than that in NHL.

I think it would take a lot for a man at that age to move his wife and kids again. I think we're better off spending our brainpower hypothesizing next year's roster with him on it

Yes, it makes sense. If I were him, probably I wouldn't want to be traded for such reason. But here, I'm trying to think as a GM. And Hextall or whoever will be our next GM must try to trade him. A trade involving Flyers could be possible for obvious reasons. Hextall has a good relationship with their team because of the time he spend there. It helps the cause as well. As I said, it worths to try. We would have nothing to lose and everything to win. We'll see...

1 No one is giving anything for Carter because he controls any move with his NMC.

2 How is Soucy a 4M dollar Dman?

3 Marcus Johansson isn’t any good and certainly isn’t worth 2M.

3 Why put Rust on the 3rd line?