Quoting: CD282
Leaving aside the terrible value of sending Nurse to Seattle just to get out of the Neal contract for a moment...
Even if Klefbom comes back, he's unlikely going to be as good as he once was. Trading Nurse (for nothing) leaves you with a top-4 of Jones, Broberg, Bear and Bouchard - unless UFA Larsson is re-signed. And we know that Larsson's health has been questionable over the past couple of years. That top-4 has a lot of skill but you can't win with such a young group. Are you willing to re-set the timeline by 5-10 years? I bet McDavid isn't.
Things that need to happen for even myself to get behind this idea
1- team/klef find a solution to fix is shoulder better than currently expected. Unlikely but I love klef and can’t help but to hope for the best.
2- between broberg and jones team becomes convinced one is capable to play in the top four.
Some wishful thinking involved regarding klef but for the most part news on him has been very very very limited so while we know the issue vaguely we don’t have all those facts just yet.
Klef
Broberg
Jones
Russell
Lagesson
All LD options still with the team
Bear
Larsson no doubt resigning
Bouchard
Rd still with the team while it’s a young group could sign a vet on a short term deal.
I am not suggesting this as my plan A by any means it does go against a lot of my beliefs but 11 million suddenly opened up can help a tremendous amount.