Half of these trades conflict with the interest of the other half. Why trade Backlund for Donato and Eriksson Ek if you're retooling and not just trying to get younger, which then forces them to trade their first round pick for Nuge? Also, that doesn't land Pageau. Also, there's no way the flames trade Rittich AND a 1st for Markstrom when he hasn't been outstanding this season? Overall, this doesn't make the team better and they lose their next 2 firsts along with most of their other draft capital.

Retool, yes
This, no
Gaudreau and Monahan aren't winners and need to go