Buffalo declines

No thanks from the Ducks. Not interested in any of those players.

LA declines, you are stuck with Carter.

Arvidsson is a top-6 forward; at this stage in his career, Carter is a fourth-line/pressbox forward. On a pure roster basis, we can't afford to take him on no matter what the incentive is because we have 13 forwards under team control already plus a couple of prospects in Ontario that will be contending for playing time. And with his NMC, he can't be put on waivers; with his over-35 contract, he can't be bought out at a discount.

On a value basis, Arvidsson is worth more than that entire package when you factor in Carter's moribund status.

On a cap basis, Walker's cap hit is less than Carter's, and we can't afford any non-LhD transaction to be cap negative, so a Walker-for-Carter-and-draft-picks trade doesn't work, either. Even retaining 50% on Carter wouldn't help, because we'd be back to the effective-reduction-to-a-22-man-roster result that adding Carter would have.

Sadly, you're stuck with our old Stanley Cup hero.

Yes, that first is a very, very shiny piece, but you are also asking for a damned lot for it.

Dumping 7.75 million for the next two seasons in Granlund and Rutta, buying Gibson, buying Henrique WITH 50% retention, and swapping a LHD we don't want for a power forward we'd like to hang onto.

There's just not enough there for us to take that offer.