Tampa matches and Ottawa doesn't want your trash.

I think Motte and Fantenberg should sign for less AAV. I'd walk from Fantenberg if he wants more than 1m/yr.

I'm very curious if a team like OTT or DET would value DiPietro enough to do this trade. I doubt it, but it really depends on each team's evaluation and projection of the player.

Love the Cernak acquisition, but I think there'll be enough demand for him that TBL will be able to trade his rights for a better haul before he can sign an OS.

How does Tampa match with only $5.33M in cap space without nuking their roster? They have Cernak, Sergachev, (who will cost even more than Cernak), and Cirelli, plus more to re-sign. You'd have to move Killorn, and Palat, and still need TyJo to waive his NTC to get all 3 under the cap and that still leaves 5 empty roster spots pending roster players in the returns.

Ottawa might be wiling to take Eriksson if they value DiPietro and Virtanen. Eriksson is owed $5M real dollars for $12M worth of cap hit. That's a $7M savings for a guy you can defer up to 30% of escrow across multiple years. If Dorian says the other 2 assets are enough, Melnyk would green-light this trade. Add a 3rd round pick and/or Tryamkin's rights as well. I don't think it's as outlandish as you'd expect but Canucks won't be the only team trying this tactic.