Probably Pittsburgh accepts if you take on all $4.9M

They are still saving 1.7 against the cap but if 900K is what it takes to get it done I don't see why they wouldn't do it.

Because retaining while your giving more assets doesn’t make sense

Id do this except if we are retaining you take out McKegg. Ill do 900k retention and only krieder with that retention or no retention on chucky and maybe McKegg

I don't see either team retaining salary. No need cap wise. The 1st and the prospect is exactly what the Rangers would want for Krieder. If taking on a UFA for a few months means getting their expected value I can see them doing this.

Galchenyuk get you a 3rd? lol
I mean honestly would I give up a 3rd for him. No. Any team paying for him is a playoff team. And I have to be real when I say this. If I'm a playoff team looking for help. He's not who I'm looking at, at this point.

I think he's a throw in for cap reasons on a "cost of doing business" at this point unless he's a pure hockey trade 1 for 1 with another guy who's gone bust up on another team.

As far as Kreider to the pens. I don't think it's a fit. I don't see them paying up on a 1 year rental.
He'd have to come with an extension for them to do this. They will probably not have a 1st for 2021. So my guess is they keep this years.

I just figured McKegg could be a cheap 4th liner but if no interest there is no need to include him.

A 40 point player to a contender for a 3 isn't that outlandish, especially in this situation where they retain and he costs 2 million. I know he's having a down year but as far as pure rental options at that price tag its not a bad option.

yeah him being a 40 point player seems like a decade away at this point.
I don't know who would bother. You add the bad play with a history of substance abuse. It says, find someone else.
I'm a pens fan and I'm saying this. I wouldn't touch him.

I think pens have enough depth to not have to trade for him