8 year contract for Hall eh. Interesting

I don't think any of those teams want the salary.

nobody wants Couture, Vlasic, or Burns? you're crazy! and San Jose is eating some salary and adding draft picks as compensation to the high contract value

Didn't say nobody, I said I don't think those teams, especially Vlasic and Burns. Burns due to contract Length, and Vlasic because of his Salary, serviceable, but not worth 7 mill. Regardless Washington doesn't have the cap space, and Montreal doesn't want Vlasics contract. Johnson and Couture would also take Tamp right up too the cap. Couture also has a 8 mill contract that takes him up until he's 37, which is not ideal.

Nobody wants Vlasic, that's for sure

Not sure how the Caps fit Burns in with a little over $125K in cap space...

Others have already talked about the trades so I'm gonna talk about the signings. Pageau, Gudas, and Ceci are all not worth $5 million, especially for four years. Pageau is worth closer to $4, Gudas is $3-4, and Ceci is maximum $2 (not sure why you would even want him, he's terrible).