What stopped us from saying that before?

Domi had more value than Anderson at the time of the trade but the trade is fair now.

Domi will be Karlsson 2.0

Karlsson was not a known asset and CBJ aren’t paying the expansion team to select a star player this time but yeah. I think this is more like a better James Neal deal. Pun intended.

TBH Domi needs a big market with a skilled winger to be effective. He was good in Montreal because he could play a fast style with Drouin on his line. Both players complimented each other well. I think Montreal could use Domi again this time on KK's wing. Imagine a line of Domi-KK-Anderson to follow the Toffoli-Suzuki-Caufield line.

It’s smart for him to go unprotected, he is coming off a major shoulder surgery and won’t be able to play until January at the earliest. He’s a pending UFA and could go anywhere after this year. If Seattle takes him then they might get half a season at most on a team that would probably be better off building up a better prospect pool first than trying to win now.