Granlund is also owed 11m over the next two years so it only saves them 3 mill of real money. Also could see a bidding war for Schmaltz, as he has a fairly cheap contract for 3 years and if teams are trading for him to use as a 2C they'll offer more then this.

Maybe for the 2024 1st. This years first is too valuable imo

Hill is getting way more than that

No, I posted above the difference. If you count just the next two seasons Schmaltz is owed $15,950,000 compared to Granlund's $11mill, but that final season of Schmaltz's contract he is due $8.5 million. So the total over the next 3 years is 24.5 million due to Schmaltz or my proposal of $11 million to Granlund with pick 14 and a 1st round selection from last year.

Ahh, my bad I miss read.

I didn't make it super clear lol. I was just hoping that a cash strapped team like AZ would move him to save real dollars and get assets. I highly doubt it would happen, but I was just trying something different.

Maybe, but that's what I would pay. 27 year old breaking out just now doesn't scream high AAV and term.

Why keeping Zucker? He did only one good season out of 3 in Pens

I really liked his play last year and just went with the familiar name. I think Barbashev is another good option, but his playoff performance might price him above 5mill AAV.