This is the exact return that I have been proposing for PLD as a Jets fan. I think it's fair for both sides, I am not in the boat that WPG will get an egregious haul for PLD but he won't be sold for pennies on the dollar as well. I like this, I think it's fair for both teams. Win-win.

Yzerman has said he's not trading 2023 draft picks.

No need to trade for Allen

He's also said he'd trade picks and preferred trading for players. This he just won't do it isn't really true. He's not doing that deal though.

Detroit resigns Ned to be the backup long before they even consider trading for Allen.

I can't think of a single reason the Blues would do that.

I was thinking the same for Montreal.

Yeah...Hawks aren't trading a pick in the low 40's for Joel Edmunson and a pair of 5ths. The 5ths have a small chance of ever skating a shift in the NHL whereas a pick in the #42-45 range actually has a chance and Edmunson is well Edmunson and sort of the last thing a tanking team is going to be interested in.

Canadians throw Suzuki in the wings deal

-Why is a rebuilding Chicago team giving up an asset for a 30 year old, injury prone LHD in his walk year? They can either sign a veteran UFA this summer (Marc Staal, Nick Holden, or old friend Jack Johnson) or just acquire a cap dump veteran (Mike Reilly?) to fill that spot instead of giving up rebuild assets.

-I'm assuming Ville Husso is the presumed start until Sebastian Cossa is ready in Detroit. If they want a veteran 1B, there are plenty of options available in UFA that have put up better numbers than Allen (.891 SV%, 3.55 GAA, -1.9 GSAE). Cam Talbot (.900, 2.89, -0.9), Antti Raanta (.911, 2.20, +2.5), Anthony Stolarz (.897, 3.73, +0.9), and Alex Stalock (.911. 2.97, -0.5) are all guys that you could probably get for an AAV less than Allen's $3.875M without having to give up a pick that's projected to be #42 at this point in time.

-I don't see a spot for Anderson on the Blues top-9, and I don't see the sense in adding $2.225M in cap hit and moving back about 15-20 spots just to shed Scandella's cap. Mysak doesn't move the needle much, either - Blues easily pass on this one.

-I'd jump on this if I were Nashville - Hoffman has actually worked real hard on his two-way game this year and I have to applaud him for that. I think a contending team would be happy to get him at $2.25M for a year if it only cost a 4th - he's still a 40-45 point guy but now he's not a black hole on the defensive end.

-Probably fair value for PLD, but I always go back to the idea that it doesn't make a ton of sense to give up this much for Dubois if he's so dead-set on signing in Montreal anyways. The 8th year you can offer him really doesn't matter to me - if you sign him to a 7 year deal in UFA next summer, you're still going to have him through 2030-31, and I don't think adding PLD to this team makes the Habs a playoff contender in 2023-24. Wait the year and sign him for nothing more than the cost of the contract if you're so convinced he's coming home.

-I'd rather have Pitlick available in Laval than a 7th in next year's draft. Pitlick is a perfectly fine bottom-6 player, and if any team should be stockpiling NHL-caliber depth in case of injury, I would think it would be the Habs after all their injury woes this year. Pitlick in the AHL doesn't impact the cap at all, and he's a guy you can plug and play if anyone gets hurt or if any of the young guys don't perform well enough to stick.

-Devils do this if they feel like one of Schmid or Daws is ready to back up Vanecek (which I get the feeling they do.)

there he is

Obviously not, but wings obviously aren't making this trade either

Does he need to throw Caufield in to?

Only trade Red Wings should do is to move up in the draft.

Blues don't need more wingers. We already have Buch, Vrana, Saad, Kyrou, Kapanen, Blais. Plus Scandella has been alright for us coming back from injury and only has 1 year left on his deal. If we are going to spend money and term it's going to be for a difference maker like Meier who we were rumored to be after.

Hawks aren't trading a 2nd rounder for a pending UFA d man who just takes away minutes from the young guys Hawks have who need NHL ice time

a few of the trades are good but we are not trading anderson for sure and that blackwood deal doesnt make sense for new jersey

Why in the world is Chicago making that trade? Edmundson makes no sense to that team.

Allen and a garbage 4th and 6th round pick, Isn't worth the 42nd overall pick in an extremely deep draft.

I doubt anyone pays a 2nd for Edmundson, let alone a rebuilding CHI.