Red Wings need an actual d partner for Seider and Reilly is a great buy low option to do so. Moving on one of your not top end prospects when you have so much depth is more than fine if it means you give your star young players some support. It’s a crime that Seider had to play with Danny Dekeyser all year

Bruins receive a half decent prospect while moving on from Reilly who they likely won’t be keeping with Lindholm signed long term (they also have scratched him a few times as of late)

Caps give up an A level piece and a 2nd; but also clear Hagelin’s Contract and get a Bertuzzi half retained. Caps seem like they want to keep pushing to be competitive with their core, and while I don’t think this move is what they should do, it’s something similar to what I think they could do. They also get Erne, a solid depth piece, as part of the trade as well

Struggling forward for struggling forward. Both pending UFAs, Drouin has more offensive potential but Suter is 2.25 mil cheaper and is more of a defensive player as well. If Drouin performs in Detroit he can either be kept or reflipped at the deadline for assets

More or less 2 separate ideas going on here. First, we are seeing a struggling young forward going to Ottawa and a struggling young defenceman going to Detroit. The Brannstrom for Zadina swap makes sense as Ottawa clearly isn’t treating Brannstrom right and with so many other young d men coming up, I don’t see a fit there. Zadina has yet to display it yet in the NHL, but he can become a very solid goal scorer, and he likely has a fit in the future on the Sens as a top 6 guy if all goes right. The other idea here is Murray being cap dumped, and Pinto being the cost. Murray at 6.25x2 is a major negative value wise contract, and the cost to dump it is pretty damn high. Pinto is a very solid prospect who’s trade value is to be projected at I’d imagine around a late 1st round pick, this is what I think it would have to take at least to dump off Murray’s contract. Oesterle can be a 6th d man for Ottawa for now, just a throw in

Cap Dump, but Vegas also gets back a 6/7th d man and a guy who can be either a 4th liner or a injury replacement

Can be a good middle 6er and if he performs well can be reflipped w/ retained salary