I’m not giving up amirov for a year of niederreiter who we won’t be able to resign

10 mil Taylor hall?

lol 10 million x 1 for Hall, you must really want Shane Wright

Assuming Toronto move on from Marner like rumors suggest, yeah they will... also, Niederreiter is exactly what Toronto are missing. Amirov might be too steep a price, but the general idea is Nino to Toronto. As I said, I stole that trade from another AGM and I liked it

Can't afford him at 5.25, nor should we give away Amirov for him

Dubas flat out said that he's keeping the core 4... unless they get an unbelievable offer for him he's likely staying put

Great, so he's gonna ghost again in round 1.

GMs say things all the time. Think of every time Bergevin has said he's not gonna trade someone, and then promptly trades them. Don Waddell said himself "We're not trading Fleury at the deadline", he's now an Anaheim Duck.

Yes, I thought of that as well, which is why I said in the event of an un-refusable offer he'd be traded

I doubt it's an unrefusable offer that gets him out. Just anything that clears cap and allows for more flexibility in the forward core should be bait enough, obviously within reason.