That's not what Friedman said about Kaliyev. He said that if the Kings could fill Kaliyev's roster spot with a gritty forward, then Kaliyev would be expendable and could be moved for whatever return. He did not say that the Kings were going to trade Kaliyev for a gritty forward. The Kings arguably have those players in the system already. Akil Thomas is probably next man up from the AHL. After that, they could bring up Taylor Ward or Sam Helenius.

I don't see the Kings having interest in either Acciari or Nedeljkovic. The former is too expensive, and there are better rental options available than the latter (my choices would be Lindgren from Washington or Lankinen from Nashville).

Canucks will gladly accept Penguin’s offer.

So give up on this season and try again with a core that's yet another year older and you don't a 40 goal scoring ppg winger? Brilliant.

This is just for the deadline. Off-season you can deal with moving more out.

What do you want to do with Jake? give him an 8 year deal and continue the mediocrity?

So you give up on an MVP level season for Crosby to get a couple futures? Of course you sign Jake. Once Sid retires you retain and see who you can trade him to.

What if they remain 6 points out of the playoffs come deadline time? What if Jake doesn't want to re-sign here? Jake is going to want big bucks and want to play on a contender.