What money do you plan on using to resign meier?

When we trade Nylander in the offseason

That would be a terrible idea. But you already know that, and are surprisingly sticking to your guns.

His qualifying offer is $10M

so you're plan is to trade 2 1sts and niemela for somebody worse and more expensive than nylander, and then trade nylander so you can afford him?

Geez, when you lay it out like that it almost sounds like an absurd idea!

If he re-signs he’s going to cost at least $9M with that QO. The seems like way way too much.

some people aren't great at looking at the full scope of their ideas and working out the consequences, so you have to lay it out pretty clearly for them.

Nylander is good as gone regardless, he's just going to hold out like he did it the first time and will ask for an absurd amount with the way he is playing and will have no hesitation going to market if he doesn't get what he demands. How do I know this? Sandin held out under the same agent as Nylander. So it's either give up assets to get a replacement and trade Nylander for assets which will net a good return or have not as good of a replacement as Nylander when Nylander goes to FA and lose assets by not trading him away

Hello? Nylander is under contract next year