The Coyotes bought out veteran centre Vermette. Doubt if they would want Stajan at 2m. Plenty "Stajans" around cheaper and not giving a 3rd rounder.
Wideman does have value. But doubt if NJ would give a up promising youngster, Santina. If NJ wants a Dman, there are others via free agency or from teams that want to offload contracts without NJD giving up assets.

Thanks for the input palhal, I do somewhat agree, I guess just being a little too optimistic about having Stajan move on and getting rid of Wideman. We need to open up a little wiggle room for Johnny, Monny and next years shuffling as well as possible midseason acquisitions if needed.

Westerner: That's why trades are so difficult. In most cases teams have to take similar money back in a trade due to cap implications. And a team that might have cap space have lots of choices without necessarily giving up much in assets.
Some teams, and a lot of folks this site seem to think that RFAs should be getting UFA money and term. Well in some cases it's justified, but it seems to be that there are going to a lot 6m contracts on teams and a lot 1m contracts. If Gaudreau makes 7.25m, Monahan 6.5m, what might McDavid get in the summer 2018?

Shero and Co. and pretty high on Santini. I don't think he would be moved currently for anything but overpayment, and other teams have no reason to do so based on 1 game played in the NHL.
They have turned this place around in a much shorter time than any Devs fan could have imagined. Still work to do but it wont be as long as we all thought