NJD and Kings decline

Why they might be taking bad contracts but they are getting first and second-round picks, and what if the first is a lottery pick somehow? What is Hoffman doing on the fourth line? He is at least a second line forward

Is Andrew Ladd even injured?

after looking at the marc staal trade, good luck getting that return for boychuk.

I didn't really pay attention to lines. This was a little rushed. I'm busy today

I will admit. I was giving generous returns for those trades. Maybe a 6th for Boychuk and a 5th for Komarov?

I don't think it's the value is totally unfair just unrealistic considering the cap climate, I believe at least for the Kings they can get better deals for their cap space, very few teams have the flexibility to take on $6M+ in contracts for the next two years, so waiting for the best offer is in their best interest. If the Kings signed Hoffman to one year at $6M and traded him at the trade deadline with 50% retained they would at least get a 2nd + prospect which is better than what they are getting for Leo and they get a goal scorer and only retain for a year in this scenario.

Explain

TB and NYI are gonna be in a dog fight to dump cap.

yeah lol