No team is going to take a delayed pick on the condition that the Devils succeed, that's the entire reason you are buying players.

Take out the retention on Eberle

Switch the 1st and 2nd in the Hanifin and Gibson trades

Noah Hanifin will get a far better offer than that.

Zero chance of Pat Verbeek accepting any conditional 1st for John Gibson.

Pat Verbeek should take anything he can get before Gibson turns into a boat anchor right as the team tries to compete again.

Would be awful asset management to hold a player through his value years as you try and tank, only to have to pay him 6.4 mill in his mid 30s when the team is trying to compete again

We're finally cooking in SEA so now we're gunna retain salary for mid round picks? Checks out.

Flames don't consider that

So we move 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, one good prospect, one longer shot (but injured) prospect and a current dman…for 4-7 games in 1st round?

Hang onto to those assets…add over the summer for a better 2024-25 and beyond.

I could do without the Gibson trade. I can't see TF not doing anything . He's inside of the competitive window.

I am 100% for doing something…but I think there will be some opportunities to pick up some guys that are cap casualties, put through waivers, etc. We are lucky in that we have righties and offensive dmen. Get us a steady veteran LD who can control puck.