Quoting: Shaners79
I see it this way,supposedly Ottawa wanted Miro Heiskanen from Dallas but that was a deal breaker. Why not Ottawa send Karlsson to TB, TB send Sergey and TJ to OTT, Ryan goes to NJ, along with Callahan and Point. NJ send Zacha to TB , Keith Kinkaid and a 1st to OTT. And maybe some picks get shifted.
So, you think the Devils would trade Zacha, Kinkaid, and a 1st for Bobby Ryan's 7.5 (or even 3.75) per year for 4 years, Callahan at 5.8 for 2 yrs, and all they get back is Point? That is a lot of money for a lot of years to be tied up, while giving up a lot of assets.
Callahan and Ryan are negatives. NJ taking everyone's trash and giving up a 1st round pick and Zacha to do it is not a way to keep Hall interested in staying a Devil.
Also, TJ wouldn't want to go to Ottawa, and he'd have to waive his NTC.
I think there is a way to make this deal work, but that framework looks really bad from a Devils perspective.