Man those two bad contracts are bad. That is just two stinkers that continue to sink the boat for both teams.

May work because Melnyk is so cheap but that Ryan contract is a lot better than the Lucic one. Ryan is still a solid enough player just very overpaid. Lucic is barely a fourth liner

Dallas and Toronto say no and don't bother countering. Benning has no value and Russell negative value.

For the last time ... Toronto doesn't want Benning

Lucic is not waiving his NMC for Ottawa.

Brown >>> Benning and Nichushkin >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Russell

May have to add to the Lucic-Ryan trade. Bobby Ryan had a really good year, given his circumstances and would probably accel on McDavid or Draisaitl's wing. I think it could work, if both guys waived their NMCs, but Edmonton would have to add.

Even though both Ryan and Lucic are clearly overpaid, Ryan actually had a decent season with 42 points. That's a decent middle-6 winger statistics. Lucic however has become so slow and can't produce at all, he wouldn't even fit to the main roster in many teams. OTT declines this one, and it's not like Lucic would waive his NMC either to go from dumpster fire to another.

TOR and DAL also declines. Nuke brings 0 to DAL, but I'd rather have the zero than negative value on Russell. Benning is also no upgrade to what TOR has now, they're not dealing Brown for him. Brown is worth a 3rd round pick, Benning maybe a 5th rounder.