Just curious why would you trade Deangelo? Didn’t he play real well for the Rangers and just signed a 2 year bridge deal at a respectable salary?

There are many RHD in the system, he's valuable and tradable

Ok I see but you might regret that one.

You literally traded him “anywhere for picks”.
Doesn’t seem too valuable, here.

Don’t need to move d until there’s a reason to. As of now, they’re still one of the worst defensive units in the league. He’s not expendable until the defensive corps improves

Just leave Deangelo and Strome exposed in the expansion draft...

Two words: asset management. There's a chance Strome gets exposed, but unless DeAngelo has a terrible season, he'll be protected. Why not get something of value back for both, especially since you can? Let Seattle take Howden/Hajek (hopefully they protect Gauthier)

Almost every team will have asset management problems. Why pay for one asset, say Strome, and lose another asset as well???