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You'll never be able to make Zaitsev for Eriksson work because Vancouver fans think it's a dump versus dump, when it's actually a dump versus overpaid. If you retain some of Zaitsev's salary to make him less overpaid, they have to include a major piece to unload Eriksson. It's just not a workable trade.
Ottawa doesn't have very much experience on the back end. If you go through each defenders actual NHL games played, they are seriously lacking.
NHL games played, regular season and playoffs, total
535 Gudbranson
299 Zaitsev
205 Chabot
204 Reilly
95 Brown
76 Jaros
62 Lajoie
43 Wolanin
33 Brannstrom
0 Zub
Trading Gudbranson and Zaitsev removes Ottawa's two most experienced defenders (not best). Bringing back Klefbom and Larsson would be huge, but unlikely, Edm couldn't trade both. They also signed Turris and brought back Puljujarvi, so White isn't a high priority acquisition for them. You're selling low on White and Balcers.
Roope Hintz is interesting. Nick Paul is an NHL player now, bottom6 winger who can sub in at 4th line centre for short periods. 2nd round pick is a decent pick, since Hintz is a 2nd round pick. It looks fair, on the surface, but I don't know how Dallas fans feel about Hintz. Ottawa has Balcers who I think is going to have a good season. I don't want to predict who will be better between Hintz and Balcers, but they are both left shot scoring wingers. Hintz was drafted much earlier, but Balcers has progressed really well.
I keep Paul and the pick since the team has an abundance of left shot wingers.