Detroit accepts.

Now what about Kapanen?

Pettersson is worth a 3rd.

Red Wings accept.

Keep the band together yet trades a top 4 defenseman that’s worth at least a 3rd for a 7th and let’s a middle 6 winger with a 840k QO just walk for nothing 😂. Fantastic asset management I must say lol. Thank god you’re not gm.

If you're talking about Kapanen I don't know where you're getting 840k as a QO. His salary + bonus this year is 2.34m so that's way off. Plus, he is arbitration eligible. That is usually pretty kind to players like him and I wouldn't be surprised to see him get ~4m from that. For a cap strapped team, they can't take that chance. They're only qualifying Kapanen if they can't get Rust and Rakell signed, otherwise there's more work to do to be cap compliant.

And on pettersson, I know that wasn't a realistic return, the point there was more so about dropping the cap hit with no salary coming back.