If you look at 3rd team retaining salary, I think depending on the salary retain it’s a 4th or 5th round pick

Easy NO THANKS from the Rangers because they already have a winger that never scores named Sammy Blais. Habs would have to give a 1st round pick and retain 50% for the Rangers to even think about taking Drouin and they may give you a bag of old pucks in exchange.

Hawks aren't giving a top 35 pick for extra retention on a Kane deal. The real $$ amount will be $400k or less depending on when the trade happens. Try a 5th.

Avs decline easily.

Still a "no" from the Avs. You can keep trying all you want but the Avs aren't trading their 2023 1st, especially not for Monahan.

2.5m is a lot so therefore it's a 2nd

Calm down

We'll see

U do the same

-It's been said ad nauseam but Colorado doesn't need Sean Monahan and isn't giving up this year's 1st for him - they've only had 6 picks in the last two drafts, with half of those being in the 6th & 7th; and if they trade this year's first they won't pick until the 5th round in the 2023 draft. Also worth noting: Sean Monahan has already missed 6 weeks with an injury. With his injury history, don't you think teams are going to see this as a huge red flag?

-I could see Edmonton thinking about this but I'd think that they might run into some cap trouble next year without moving someone. They've only got 8 forwards under contract for next year and only $8.3M in cap space - plus Evan Bouchard will be needing a new deal, along with a few other RFA forwards. Oilers fans can probably shed more light on this, but I would thinking adding Eddy to next year's roster might create a bit of a logjam that would force them to trade a guy.

-No chance the Rangers would bite on this. They'd be spending a big chunk of their deadline cash on turning Kravstov (5 pts in 24 GP, 23 years old, RFA) into Drouin (0-12-12 in 28 GP, $2.75M cap hit, pending UFA). I just don't think it's enough of an improvement for them to send out a player like Kravstov - I think he's better used as a chip to potentially get a winger with term, if they were going to use him in a move. Drouin just has too big of a cap hit for the production he brings to the table - I still say that with him (and Dadonov) Montreal will get the best return by sending a later pick to a third team to double-retain those guys down to cap hits that are more in line with their bottom-6 production.

-Speaking of third teams, no one is giving up a 2nd round pick for retention - there's no precedent really for that kind of price. Florida got a 6th rounder and the rights to a 25 year old KHL guy for retaining $1.325M of Max Domi last year; San Jose got a 4th for retaining $1.375M of Nick Foligno two years ago, the Leafs got a 5th for retaining $1.1M of Robin Lehner three years ago, I could go on but you get the point. Max I could see the Habs getting as a third team on a Kane or Toews retention would be a 4th and a warm body prospect.

It's $2.625 in cap hit, but the real dollars will be $400k or less depending on when the trade is made. Kane's actual salary this season is only $2.9m. Half of that has already been paid. Sorry, but $400k of retention doesn't get much asset wise.

Every team easily declines. Some even block your number for such lopsided deals

I'd have money on it not even being close.

It's wishful thinking to believe Monahan is bringing back a 1st from the Avs. I'm not even sure why anyone would pay that price; he just is not a difference-maker. Plus, there is a strong chance he gets injured again.

Because the alternative will be even more expensive

When everyone is healthy, Colorado can roll out these potential lines:

Nichushkin - Mackinnon - Rantanen
Lehkonen - Landeskog - Rodridgues
Newhook - Compher - O'Connor
Cogliano - Helm - Malgin

I don't see anyone in that top 6 that Monahan knocks out of their lineup spot, which means you're upgrading your bottom 6. Do you really think it's good asset management for *any* team to spend a 1st to upgrade their 3rd line? Much less an Avs team that's already traded two of their top prospects at last year's deadline, and between the 2021, '22, & '23 drafts only has kept 10 picks (with 7 of those 10 being in the 5th round or later)? I just can't see them moving this year's 1st unless something incredible falls into their laps, value-wise.