Got a feeling the "insiders" are wrong on that. How many sellers are there? Not many.

That's about what Palmieri is worth.

Since the Devils are not retaining any salary, they should accept IMO.

True but how many buyers is Palmieri willing to waive for and the team is able to take on his salary

Probably all playoff teams

He said he would waive to any contending team. His cap hit is very cheap so most teams would be able to trade for him

But the Devs CAN retain the full 50 off so why wouldn't they for a better return

He's going to waive for a canadian or west coast division team?

Probably not. Barely any of the west coast teams or the canadian teams have cap space/are contending. It's mostly the East teams that are interested

There's significant incentive to save money on salaries because of covid related revenue losses

He said he would waive to contender if he doesn’t re-sign.
NJD can retain 50%.
I don’t think 2nd & 3rd gets it done.

That's not a thing here
If they want any value coming back they will have to eat salary
I actually see them taking on another contract for better assets
We have cap and to get better we will have to use it. This is a good way to do it. We are no where near the cap limit.

Also no where has it been said they are not retaining

Then I hope the islanders don't get Palmieri and go for Hall instead. Sounds like he's cheaper and he's the more talented player. Buffalo might be looking to save money too

Halls twice the salary and has have the pts as Palms this year. Hall normally is the better player but he's not good this yr

True but islanders have the space and I think Hall would do much better on the Islanders than the Sabres, Rather spend less assets on the player with the higher ceiling and keep the 1st round pick

Maybe not canadians due to covid, west coast, sure why not.