Vegas would dump dadonov well before moving karlsson

I'm not interested in fast tracking a rebuild. You end up like the Sabres. I do think Zadina will be traded eventually. But not yet. He's hardly filling up nets with pucks like he said when he was drafted.

The term on Karlsson is what Vegas is concerned about

Forsberg is definitely not a need for DET. I'd just keep Zadina and get him someone (anyone) to feed him the puck.

While the pucks aren't going in, everything else is there for Zadina. He's a definite play driver (51.7% Corsi, one of the best on the team) with bad puck luck (as witnessed by his 96.8 PDO). In my mind, Blashill should have put him on Larkin's left side when Bertuzzi was out. He can play in the corner, can shoot, can pass, and he's quick on his skates. And he's better defensively than Bertuzzi (though their games don't match up well, so that's a tougher comparison).

I highly doubt they are concerned at paying a good 2C under 6 million per year

Correct. They’re concerned with paying him that for six years