You might get one of those guys from Arizona for that, which is fine because Boston foes not want Ritchie back, you might not even get 1.

That isn’t what SJ is looking for.

Those are going to be very late 1sts. Boston is a near perfect team, they don't need to add. SJ looks elsewhere.

Late 1sts, a cap dump and a nobody for Meier with 3 mil retained is hilarious

San Jose would block every Boston phone number if they got proposed this trade.
Essentially 3 2nd rounders + a bottom of the barrel "top prospect" + cap dump for Meier + retained salary.
Awful.

Grier would be fired

Players are not paid lump sum at the end of the year. 3 million cap with a late season trade is going to be under half mill cost.
Closer the trade deadline gets, SJS will take the best offer, at the moment no one knows what the "best offer is".
5 minutes before the trade deadline if SJS does not have what they want, they will trade for what they can get.
Arizona gets a 3rd and a 4th for trading 2 players they could very well re-sgin, or 1 if only Bjudstad. They also get the bonus for having Rielly. Arizona would love a team filled with as many Kassin and Rielly as they can get next year so they can bulk up on good prospects.
You want to win by losing.
SJS have another year or two more dumping contracts.