Why would the Devils want a 24yr old forward?

you may be selling Drouin, but Anaheim is not buying.

he will need to be more than on sale, maybe like but one get a 1st free or something like that

Dallas declines...and pretty immediately I might add. Giving up 2 decent prospects and a 2nd Round Pick for a guy that's overpaid even at $3.1M is a pretty awful move.

Even at 50%, you're going to have to give up an asset to move Monahan.

Very one sided trades. A previous cap dump that netted a 1st to take on coming off of surgery on both hips is somehow now worth a decent prospect, a roster player and a 2nd? Come on now

Oilers have no cap space so it's no from them. Not to mention the fact that Hoffman has no real value, he would be a cap dump and nothing more.

Breaking down the deal from ANA's side.

There is minimal interest in Drouin. I'd be interested in giving him a look to see if playing in a small market team can get him out of his own head and take some of the pressure off, but that look is probably a one year, 2 mil AAV tops, probably a PTO to be realistic. His current contract and production/health he is a negative asset.

ANA is light on winger prospects and heavy on center prospects, while Stephens seems to be having difficulty cracking an NHL lineup at center, we have several of those in our system already, including some we just picked up like Gawdin.

If Drouin could be the player he was in Tampa, ANA would be interested in him, but that player is years removed from the one we see on the ice presently. If we want to give him a look, we will do it next season when we can pick him up in FA for free.

Some of the older guys on your team get more hate than they deserve, their contracts are decent for their production, but Drouin hasn't earned his deal for the last few seasons.

All teams decline.