as a leaf fan please dont do that to me

I’d accept that for Manson tbh

ANA could easily flip Kulak at the deadline to a contender if needed.

That's a fair trade for Manson, the Ducks could snag another pick for Kulak at the TDL.

Looking to next year as it stands right now it gives MTL flexibility to sign who they need to going forward. I'd let Chiarot and Manson go (replacing them with Norlinder and a cheaper UFA signing), sign Suzuki long term ($7.5m X 8y), Romanov to a $2m X 2y bridge, Lehky and Evans to small raises for 1-2yrs each, and the scratches to under $1m each X 1y if they've worked out. Hopefully some of the other young forwards make strides this year in Laval and 1 or 2 can make the jump to the NHL (Ylonen, Vejdemo, Teasdale, etc.).