Selling the future to make the team weaker. Bold strategy.

the future is now

Detroit declines. We don't have a replacement RHD for Hronek and the Wings are very high on Soderblom.

Detroit passes, Yzerman is high on Soderblom and Nylander is soft as butter.

canucks accept

Ain’t taking on that anchor of a contract in Muzzin. We’re in our window, can’t take that on.

-Detroit passes. As the Wings fan upthread have said, I don't see who they can bring up to take over RD2 if they move Hronek, even if Nylander would be an interesting add.

-Toronto should pass on this. Dickinson was dumped with a 2nd rounder checks calendar 29 days ago. He's played well in 9 games since then, and all of a sudden he's worth a pair of prospects?

-Vancouver accepts this because they get the better player; Toronto shouldn't do this because they're sticking themselves with another year of Pearson's $3.25M and losing the versatility Kerfoot provides. If they move him for anything, it should be for someone more useful to the future.

-If you want to give the Coyotes anything for a guy that is a 7th D on probably 28-30 teams in the rest of the league, by all means they'll take it.

-Vegas is 10-2-0 behind Logan Thompson & Adin Hill. Why would they change up a good thing? Sure, Kallgren's cheaper but he doesn't have the experience or the talent that Hill has. Muzzin's LTIR contract doesn't do anything for them; they already have Shea Weber's contract for that. The 1st is nice, sure, but if I'm the Knights I want to see how much of a run my team has before I go messing with it.

-CBJ just extended Peeke about a month ago. I can't see them trading him away for any sort of package so soon after the ink dries; I'd also argue that this package doesn't really do it. Peeke is a solid middle-pair guy playing 20 minutes a night who's pretty inexpensive even on his new deal ($2.75M), and I can't see the Jackets moving on from him for a trio of B-prospects and a pick swap from the 3rd to the 2nd.