A pick instead. But the Bruins fans would say Lohrei I think.

Bastian over Johnsson in the Expansion Draft
I doubt Palmieri waives
I like the rest of the trades

Palms said he was waive to a Canadian team in an interview with the athletic last week..up until then I thought the same thing. I still think he’s Boston bound though

Would do a pick for Vatanen, like a 2nd or 3rd, wouldn't part with Chisholm for a rental though.

Boston will give you a 3rd, maybe a 2nd. You are not getting either of those guys for a mediocre rental.

I'd take it but not sure we can make the cap work even at 50% retention

oilers take that

Assuming Wood is not traded, its likely both Bastian & Johnsson are exposed. Be interesting to see who goes, but Id guess Johnsson (Unless they also expose PK, which I doubt)

I think he's Islanders bound

Merkley or Johnsson is my guess. I feel like with the way Subban is playing, he's going to be protected

Interesting on Gusev. I'd definitely take a shot at him just to see what happens, Kahun/Neal/Nygard as options on LW unlikely better. To make the cap work would probably have to send Chiasson the other way, Oil have too many RW as it is and are at max cap. Chiasson can be flipped for a late pick most likely, he's still a decent PP net front presence (just Puljujarvi has become more of a beast in front of the net now, so he should be the Oilers PP option there).

That would be interesting move as Devils really need PP net front presence.
And they need right-shot forwards for bottom-six.