You can get a real return for Pulju, he had a very good year.

Yeah highly doubt Min does that. Value just isnt there for middleton for me personally. He looked real solid last season with spurgeon. Guerin also said in an interview when asked about if he was returning he said "definitely yeah" so its not impossible but very unlikely imo.

As for the rest its just weird. The Toronto trade is just bad for Edmonton. Holl is meh and honestly giving a shot to someone like a broberg makes since and Pulju is still young and decent. Just a negative trade. The rest besides the buffalo deal dont make a whole lotta sense for the other parties. Paul probably makes more than that as well

All in All not the worst armchair gm but just feel the ideas aren't very concrete or positive for all parties.

Gonna cost a bit more for Klefbom, contract is back loaded, his actual salary is higher than his cap hit

Ah i see. I take back what I said in my above post about it making since for buf if thats the case.

If Minnesota did that deal I would hope they would call the Sabres first, maybe a package deal for Talbot and Middleton could be worked out, and Buffalo has the assets to make a fair offer

I'm pretty sure Klefboms contract is fully ensured, no money actually comes out of the teams pocket.

But that Puljujarvi for Holl trade is terrible. The leafs are dying to dump Holl, why would you trade one your best RFA's for a guy that his team is actively shopping and trying to dump for cap space?

hes gonna get around 5-5.5 id say, hes done with the leafs sadly

Minnesota declines. They aren't trading a cheap restricted free agent 1st pairing big body d for your cap dump and c prospect. You can't expect to offer nothing and get teams to accept