Flames need Lucic's cap hit for Huberdeau next year. This won't work

Flames have 10 million in cap space next season with Huberdeau signed. Weager is the only player of significance to sign. Move 34yr old Backlund to make room for Ruzicka.

Another one? Who is the first?

I would take Weegar and Backlund 500 times to 0 over Anderson's albatross deal. You underestimate Backlund clearly

$3.3m is too much for the Avs to take on. If it was 50% ($2.65m) then it might work. Realistically Avs will probably wait until the TDL to make a move like this though.

Doubtful that you're getting positive value for Armia, at least not right now and not with 3 years of term left on his deal. Very few teams can afford his contract in the bottom 6, and even less would be willing to.

Boston is over the cap. Needs to shed cap not add to it. No interest at all in Looch either. Have to pay us to take him if we did have the space.

I'd swap Foligno for Lucic at that retention, but that's about it. Bruins don't really "need" Lucic.

Maybe your right. I am not suggesting you lose Weager, in fact, Kylington salary of 2.5 million can be added Weager futur salary.
Anderson plays with speed and truculence. Kadri paired up with Anderson would be lethal. When paired up with good players, he was very successful in WC.
The interest lies in Killington. First and 5th pick is a good start. We can send Calgary prospects along with more picks.

Why would you think the Sabres would have any interest in that

Kylington's value is quite high right now. He's coming off a very solid season and on a sweetheart deal. I would certainly never add a 1st to him to get Anderson. Again Anderson's contract is fairly unattractive. He provides truculence but besides that he is a bonafide middle 6er.

COL will just keep Kaut at that price.

We look like were gonna be injured before playoffs with those wingers
Center looks fine but the wing lost all its possession wingers who cycle to the pucks for us replaced them with shooters not checkers
Playoffs show year in and out that you need both Size and Skill

When all these moves ignore we are losing 5 players as UFA's both this and next year many before the TDL, Why move those players you're trading now ?
Makes more sense to just get paid to dump UFA's the next 2 TDL's then take the picks/prospects to bundle and get a PLD next summer , maybe a top RD the next summer

Most of these these trades make no sense whatsoever. Adding players so that you can trade them for zero return later type deals are pointless and take up a retention slot for no reason. Sorry these are all bad evaluations on value and trade ideas.

Easy pass for the Avs there.