Quoting: Gofnut999
This is an offseason move.
They won’t keep that pair together forever. The offseason will be the perfect time to try. His NTC will be problematic, but the odds of an extension are slim and they need to get something for him rather than let him play out his final year and walk. Unless he’s willing to take a pay cut and backup role.
At that point, the NMC becomes less problematic if said team is willing to extend him and he feels it’s a good option. Two variables that need to be present, but it probably extends whom he is willing to go to.
That said, I’m fine letting him go to free agency and walk for nothing if it means we will be in a better position to win. The only way I’d trade him is
1. a good number 1 is offered
2. A player equivalent to a good nunber 1 is offered
3. a very good top 6 forward is part of the equation.
4. We need the cap space to sign a great player and we need his cap space to do it (Nylander)
If the package begins with anything not among those items, I’m pretty much out. I do think this one would fit the description of a deal I’d consider under the right circumstances