Sabres accept

You know Demko and a 2nd wouldn't be enough to get a team to take on Eriksson in normal times. It definitely won't be enough now with a flat cap and team revenues down

how much more would they have to give up cause demko and 2nd are worth more than the 1st that toronto gave up to get rid of marleau and there is less cap hit and less actual money paid for loui after the trade deadline

Actually since Marleau’s contract was front loaded, Carolina only paid 4M (actual cash) and 6.25M cap for the buy out. You’re scenario has 4M + whatever is owed from TDL to end of season same thing with prorated cap space. Costs are definitely going to be interested since league revenues are all influx so some owners are going to have tight budgets which wasn’t the case during the Marleau trade. That pick also looks pretty good right now ~12-13OV in a deep draft. The 2021 class doesn’t look nearly as deep so some will devalue that pick. It also depends on how you value Demko, I personally would much rather go after Georgiev.

VAN is not moving Gaudette