Very poor offer for a first line winger

Replace Foote with Mercer and drop the 3rd and you can become even more competitive even more immediately-er.

I dont know what is happening with that Seattle deal.
We give them Subban, at half price, to select Johnsson over Merkley
Then we don't even re-sign Merkley?

On Meier, even at this price, I am not sure giving up those four pieces is worth two years of him.

Dumba looks OK from our side, but MIN is deep on wing and needs centers.
I'd think they would want Zacha or Kuok.

Every Devils fan I've spoken to says Zacha is a wing now, and didn't Kuokkanen play exclusively wing this year as well? So how does trading for two guys who are now wingers help us get a center?

Very true - Zacha played both, is better offensively on wing.
Kuok can play center, but was mostly wing.

I do not think Hughes, Hischier or Sharangovich are options in Dumba deal.
I do not think Boqvist, McLeod, or Merkley are enough for Dumba.

So I was left with Zacha and Kuok as remaining options.

My top choice for any deal with New Jersey is Mercer, regardless of position. I know a lot of Devils fans consider him off limits, but that's who I'd be asking for in a Dumba return, and that's it.

I don't blame you - Mercer would be a good one to ask for.
Lit up the Q this year and took home a CHL defensive forward of year award.

He was my guy last year in the draft. I desperately wanted Pittsburgh's 15th overall so we could grab him there. Obviously Rossi was the right choice at 9, but after that I wanted the Wild to trade back in and take him.

Well, you could still always trade Rossi for Mercer

Overpayment for Butcher and we wouldn't be doing such a move.