This is actually pretty decent.
I would personally eat the Lehtera deal for one more year to save the draft pick.
OTT may want a second- as opposed to third-round pick and a sooner first-rounder.

I do not believe that Ottawa will retain salary.

In most cases, I’d agree with you, but here they’re shedding four years of a brutal contract while getting plus value for a Karlsson. You could be right, of course, because we all know how Melnyk is, but I think he might be eager enough to get rid of Ryan that he’d pull the trigger here.

I actually thought about sending MacDonald to Vancouver since it’s a pretty transparent salary cap move anyway, and since you’re right - the Flyers won’t really need the space that year anyway.

As far as those picks, you’re right, but I think the core deal of Frost-Sanheim-Simmonds is something they might actually seriously consider.