Schultz had a pretty good year for us, I doubt we move him for a 4th. We'd definitely want more than this for him.

Columbus does not need another member of the Foote family causing more drama.

Given that Laine must be qualified at 7,5 million I doubt that his value exceeds that of Zacha. Devils loses this trade big time and that might even be the case if the trade was Laine for Zacha one for one tbh.

Have seen a TON of caps fans make same trade

Devils still need that big scorer; Lindy even said we’re missing that big shot to really finish off our plays and he’s right. Laine can be that guy. I’m a huge Holtz fan and think he will be very good, but we can’t wait another three years for him to develop into a true NHL scorer. We need some guys now

I do take your point, but if you really feel that Holtz is that far away there are much more worthwhile options to consider if you want a one dimensional overpaid scorer, like trading cheaply for JvR or giving Hoffman a lucrative three year deal.

My concern is less that and more "it's another possible-star for depth trade", which, well, we kind of need the opposite.

They mostly make that in a cap dump scenario where we go get an upgrade at that spot