Want Byfield too?

Why would Caps do that? They don’t need to shed Mantha’s contract, especially not at the price of Lapierre.

He's been a healthy scratch. They just signed Strome and Milano. He's expendable and has negative value. Nobody can fit a 5.7M cap hit over 2 years unless you are bottoming out. Same reason Boeser has been near impossible to move with a 6.65M cap hit but Minny is interested and Greenway is on the outs. Lapierre isnt more than a bottom 6 piece.

Lol no

Please?

Bruins are not giving up their best prospect for a 3rd pairing defenceman and the chance to dump Reilly, those will not cost much

Wouldn't mind the Minny trade, but you need to retain more for the money to work. Especially for a third. It's weird how low Boeser's value has gotten.

You Canucks fans think we will give you Lysell?

Was written by an Oilers fan!!!!!!

He’s actually been decent as of late. Almost ppg the last 20ish games

Los Angeles has even less reason to move Petersen's cap hit than Washington has to move Mantha's at a loss. Our roster for next season is already set WITH Petersen's cap hit absorbed. And right now, Demko's trade value is close to zero because his rehab is lasting a lot longer than originally predicted -- it's entering its eleventh week -- and there won't be enough time before the trade deadline to see how well he has recovered (Vancouver has only 8 games left after today), so buying Demko is hugely risky.

That’s what i was going to say.

Ridiculous

-Boston doesn't need to give up Lysell to shed Reilly's deal - either they include him or Craig Smith as offsetting cap in a deadline deal this year, or they send him out for FCs to an Arizona or Anaheim this summer. They also don't really need Schenn - Connor Clifton has been a very good RD3 at a cap hit very comparable to Schenn's ($1M vs. $850K). Schenn would be 7th D on this team, so even without this insane cost, I don't see them pursuing him.

-This is probably fair value - I like the idea of swapping the two players that seem to need a change of scenery, and I agree that Minnesota would need retention and that adds the 3rd. If I were Bill Guerin, I'd think about throwing in a mid-tier prospect to see if Vancouver will give full retention and make it more or less cap neutral - maybe someone like Ryan Healey or Kyle Masters (RD prospects that are 2-3 years away)?

-I don't think Vegas should be adding anyone with a $5M AAV right now - I'd want to figure out exactly what's going on with Mark Stone before making a commitment like this. I'd also want to hang on to Brossoit for right now, since we don't know what's up with Logan Thompson's knee - if Thompson needs some time on IR, and they trade Brossoit, their goalie tandem would be Adin Hill & Michael Hutchinson - no thanks!

-I would think Washington passes here. If they need to free up cap this season, Lars Eller's expiring deal is probably first out the door, and this summer they have enough expiring deals that keeping Mantha's contract around wouldn't be too onerous. I'd also think that Washington would rather just staple a pick to Mantha if they need to dump his money, instead of giving up a legit 2C prospect in Lapierre - Nick Backstrom is 35 and has struggled with injuries the past few seasons, and Evgeny Kuznetsov is already 30 - they're going to need youth soon, and I think they give up a future pick over a guy who's already developed in their organization.

-Garbage deal for the Kings. Turcotte is a former #5OA who's had some concussion issues slow his development, so this would be selling low on him; Kupari has middle-6 upside, and Cal Petersen's put up a .919 SV% in his AHL stint so it looks like he's put himself back on track. Rathbone is no longer a prospect really, and Demko is hurt and coming off the worst stretch of his career. This is a ton of value to give up for the Kings, and I think they would pass on this.