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Hasn't it been reported that Chicago was turning down 1st-and-a-prospect packages for Hagel already? Like, you have that here, but then you add Dermott & Mrazek to have Chicago send another prospect back?
Dermott has meh value. He's probably a solid bottom pair guy but he's already 25 so he's most likely reached his ceiling. Chicago will find a use for him but he's more or less the definition of a replacement level player, so hard to say he brings a ton of value to the trade. Mrazek has really struggled this year, is now on the wrong side of 30, has a terrible injury history, and has 2 more years at $3.8M AAV. That cap hit means that any GM is going to know that TML needs to move that contract to bring in whatever goalie upgrade they're targeting, so it becomes the truest definition of a cap dump. You can maybe make a case that the positive value Dermott brings would cancel out Mrazek's negatives, but then you have to take Vlasic out and then also realize that Amirov(or whoever) and a 1st isn't going to be enough to pry Hagel out of Chicago.