Quoting: soft_dump_in_the_corner
Buddy it's not going to take two firsts to move Campbell.
Raddysh is fun and cheap and all but he's a 40-point player. Whoopee. Two thirds sounds fine.
Edmonton is the one overpaying here, by a LOT.
I don't necessarily agree with
@Hawksguy81 that CHI declines, but EDM is not "overpaying by a lot" in that proposal. Four years of a $5m cap hit is easily worth two late 1st round picks. CHI recently received a 2nd for two years of a $2.65M cap hit with a backloaded salary for Dickinson, which, at half the cap hit and half the term is only a quarter of what Campbell is owed. How about another 2nd for 1.25 years of a $4.5M cap hit for Zaitsev with a signing bonus that had already been paid out covering most of his actual salary, Campbell is owed more per season and triple the term and doesn't have a substantial signing bonus paying most of his salary for this season, meaning CHI would be responsible for a larger portion of his salary.
And then we have Raddysh, who PP's, PK's, put up 20 goals last season, is responsible defensively, can play anywhere in a top 9, is a pending RFA, and has a cap hit lower than the current league minimum. All of which has precedent in trades that have happened in recent history. CHI has no reason to move him for less than the equivalent of a late 1st. Including Raddysh in this deal would be a FAVOR to EDM, not to mention sending a pick along with him.