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-Dadonov needs to, y'know, score a point before you can shop him as a "scoring winger" to the Rangers. Rags pass on this one unless Dad discovers how to put the puck in the net again - I'd rather have a 24 year old not scoring for $875K a year than a 33 year old not scoring making $2.5M.
-Drouin has 2 points in 8 games; Hoffman has 2 points in 9. I can squint and see a market for Drouin if he picks up his play - he's in his walk year and can be retained down to $2.75M, which should get back a mid/late round pick. But Hoffman is a goal scorer who has forgotten how to score goals, and is overpaid even with the retention - not to mention that the Kings literally have more NHL-ready forwards than roster spots available, so swapping them two more while asking them to send a useful player and pick back is one of the easier "no"s they'll have this season.
-Klingberg signed a deal with a full NTC through January 1st and then a 10-team NTC after that - I'm assuming so he can look at the playoff picture and have some control over his destination. If Montreal stays outside of the playoff picture, I wouldn't expect them to be a destination he approves a deal to.
As far as his cap hit - Anaheim clearly has the cap space to retain his AAV down to $3.5M and a team looking to acquire him probably only has to throw a mid-round asset at a 3rd squad to get the double retention down to $1.75M. Most contenders should be able to find the room for him, even if it increases his cost slightly, and most contenders will offer a better package of futures than a deal "headlined" by David Savard.