Armchair-GM's will tell you the Clarkson salary adds ZERO value – but they've never paid a guy $5.25m to not play hockey.

Still not enough for Tuch though, NJ's own 2nd instead of the 3rd rounder might get it done.

I'm also not paying Mueller AND Carrick to both come in and be scratches, maybe Carrick signs a 2-way deal but I doubt it.

I think Butcher gets closer to 4 x $4.25m, and Zacha 3x$3.5m

I wouldn't be surprised if one of Santini, Mueller or Carrick aren't around at the start of the season, with Agostino as the other healthy. I was basically just going for the actual lineup that could be a possibility, filling in the 3 healthys. That being said the devils seem to have 2 extra d and one forward as the extras quite a bit the last few years.
As for the numbers and trade, like i said, just a starting point, I didn't think too hard on them.