Doubt the wild trade Fiala in division. This kinda kills the whole idea for me.

Don’t want Fiala. Need LW and Defense prospects in the pipeline. We kinda need that first round pick too. Also why trade Radulov he’s UFA, if Phoenix wants him to hit the cap floor just sign him in free agency no one else is likely interested so you don’t need his rights. Khudobin’s deal if buried in the minors is only a 2.3 cap hit not worth giving away assets in a retooling year where we can eat cap.

If trade was real Minnesota wins that by a landslide getting a first and a decent prospect for a guy they don’t need, second place Phoenix gets a good prospect who is NHL ready for a team that can be patient with younger players and isn’t trying to win now or doesn’t need him in a middle six role and is fine with him playing bottom six.