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The first trade makes sense, however, obviously Chicago isn't going to take Myers for free.

I really hope VAN doesn’t trade down, especially to just give away a decent player like Garland. The Myers deal is more likely to happen to some team if the Canucks add a later pick.

The only problem with Myers is the contract right? Like the dude is still a #4/5 dman. If his caphit was something in the $3-4m range he would actually get an asset back. So for a team like CHI or ARI or ANA they're acquiring someone that they can get real value for if they retain again. All in all, the team acquiring Myers here would actually be adding a caphit of 2.5m to their books for whatever they get for him (2nd/3rd round pick).

Yeah, but it's still doing Vancouver a favor

I mean CHI/ARI/ANA benefit too, its a win-win situation. That's usually how trades work. The team that needs to spend more cap to get to the floor is achieving that and also acquiring an asset (in exchange for Myers). Like Tyler Myers at 2.5m is something teams would pay for. He is a solid defender just not a $6m one.