Quoting: dannibalcorpse
That's not the point. They were bad last year, they're bad this year, and they will be bad next year with or without Meier - they're in a rebuild, of course they're gonna be bad.
The point I was trying to make was you said that they *had* to move Meier because their cap situation was desperate - which it clearly isn't. They can fit his QO on next year's team and shop him as a true rental at the deadline if they don't get their price met this year. Acting like they should take a lesser return than what they're aiming for because they can't fit his cap hit is not reading the situation correctly - they can easily do it, and if you ("you" being any GM interested in him) aren't interested in paying their price, then they're gonna hold on to him.
fair enough. you can fit him, but it won't be easy.
And finding a trading partner with his contract won't be easy.
And because that won't be easy, I doubt you will be getting an exorbitant amount back for him. Most teams can't fit him without making sacrifices back.
I prefaced your return for Burns. And VGK's for Patches.
This is the league.
Meier should get a decent amount back, but Grier is a rookie GM in a very tough market.