Nah, Colin Blackwell does not make this team better.

This is why i'm not super interested in moving for Karlsson, his cap constraint doesn't allow the pens improved the bottom 6 (unless they get a third team to retain).

Focus on moving Granlund/Rutta/Desmith and they can improve the bottom six with that relief, and add a 3rd pair Dman.

Fair enough. Just wanted to give you a cheap veteran forward to fill out your lineup and since you would still be tight against the cap with the Karlsson trade,

I also think it will be diffiicult to ask any third team to retain a substantial amount of EK's cap hit for 4 years. So I figured by moving Granlund and Petry you'd get about the same cap savings if a 3rd party retention were done. Honestly San Jose could and should retain more than the $3M I showed.

Petry would be a better vet to play with the youngins than Zaitsev. That's for sure.