Both are awful. Why are you trying so hard to get rid of Byron?! His contract is not thaaaat bad. 2 years left after 3.4M. There are far worse contracts and it’s not like Byron contributes nothing like Eriksson for example. Byron is still a player so to add a 2 picks and Allen is just ludicrous. I’m seriously interested to know what you will do with that extra 3.4M million??? Are you drastically going to improve the team enough with 3.4M to merit giving 2 picks. And keep in mind, Byron is probably worth 1.5M-2M so really you are only clearing and additional 2M of value….it’s completely ridiculous to want to trade all that just to get rid of Byron. A complete lack of logic in my opinion.

As for the second one, I don’t see what it accomplishes. Just a random trade

Gee, if you have cap space, you have no need giveaway picks to trade Byron. If anything Denault has raised his value this playoffs. Looks like a perfect fit in Ottawa, a team with cap and a team developing their young centres.