From what I've heard POJ is not liked in Pitsburgh by Francis and Ottawa has the rights to his brother in Matthew Joseph.

The value basically shakes down as Petterson who I've seen a ton of ACGM getting ride of him for almost nothing for Brown plus the extension. That helps Ottawa get a LD that is extremely durable and a LD prospect that would help in case of injury. That would also eliviate the need for Del Zotto and Ottawa could ship him off for whatever he warrents.

The other thing that this trade does is move Brannstrom onto the right side where he looked electric.

Brown with any extension to fit their cap structure

The Penguins get a relativlely young forward that is amazing defensively and would be a great supporting player to Malkin or Crosby and would help the forward dynamic greatly cause he could probably hit 50~ points in Pitsburgh. He would also help the lineup for the fact that he can also play anywhere with anyone. Then there is a second that should be middle of the pact in the 2024 draft. That is to help increase the value.

Now you may be wondering why this is fair.

I my opinion this is fair because Seattle gets a decent young forward that has a lot of potential and could help mentor Beniers exceptionally well.

Ottawa gets a player on a similar contract that while does not have the term does not have the upside and does not hold all that much value. In an effort to restore that Ottawa will play him in the top six and see what they can get by the deadline.

He is retained by 750 000$