Trade Deadline

Anaheim is probably looking for Clarke and a 2024 second for Henrique, but you don't have one, and Vukojevic and the third aren't an acceptable substitute for the 2024 second because the Ducks have no need for a LhD prospect.

We'd want a 24 2nd and a prospect for Henrique, why are we accepting a downgrade on that to add a LHD we don't have room for?

Feels like a slightly high price for Tanev, but I like both of these ideas conceptually. I'd maybe want to see some additional depth scoring come in. Or maybe Bahl, a conditional 1st (if we don't reach the conference finals it's a 1st this year-top 5 lottery protected-, if we do it's a 1st next year since this year's conveys to the Sharks) and a 2nd for Tanev and Markstrom (with a little retained - maybe a million).

I think getting Henrique to fill McLeod's minutes once Jack gets back, getting Tanev, as a high class rental, and taking a swing at the goalie for the Cup-contender team (likely next year) makes sense.

I would love a short term (2 year, around 4 AAV) extension with Tanev to get us through the next few years.

Long-term I see the D shaking out like:

Hamilton Siegs
Luke Marino
Tanev Nemec

with Casey eventually pairing well with Nemec I think as he grows into his own.

For what it's worth I think Miller has been extremely good in 3rd pair minutes and I would be thrilled to trade Bahl in the goalie upgrade package and just extend Miller short term as a 6th/7th D.

Something that ANA fans haven't noted is that Henrique has a NTC. Let's just say it came down to COL, NYR, and NJD who made offers for Henrique. For argument's sake, let's say COL and NYR offer a 2024 2nd straight up and the Devils make this offer I listed above. The offers don't differ by that much, and if Henrique had his choice, he'd likely end up back in NJ to finish off his career. He loved Jersey and the fans adore him

What you want and what you get are two separate things. I think it's fine to quibble about who the second prospect is (I don't think Vukojevic is anything but maybe a Topias Vilen or Ethan Edwards is slightly more intriguing), but a 3rd rounder and a B prospect is a reasonable price for the kind of rental Henrique represents.

Also I think the Devils are the rare team that doesn't need to do retention either on him. but that's another question. They already have big salary outlays this season and probably wouldn't be squeamish about taking on a few million more that the Ducks are probably happy not to have to pay.