Give us a 1st round pick per year to eat that contract

Jackets pass. Kuraly and danforth are both signed through next season. The return also doesnt really have anything of interest.

No one doing one of these Campbell-plus-a-first-to-get-rid-of-that-awful-contract ACGMs has ever explained to me why it has to be done NOW, instead of simply waiting until July and buying him out then.

And I lead the Oilers-should-crash-and-burn chorus.

Explain to me why EDM would pay 3 picks AND retain 1.5mil instead of just buying him out. Are the extra 1.5mil in savings over the contract term and 3 years of 1.5mil after McDavid's contract ends so important as to warrant giving away two 1sts? In case it isn't clear, the answer to that is "no".

That aside, the whole AGM is rather chaotic and overcomplicated for a team in EDM's position.

Flyers pass on this package

I imagine it's just because they're so cap-strapped now, and want to upgrade both top-6 forwards and the defense this year. There's not many pieces on the roster that are overpaid or UFAs, so if they're going to add, Campbell is the only real non-roster player that can get moved to clear space. Otherwise they're moving, like, Kulak and Ceci for upgrades instead of keeping them for depth. Teams know that, the contract is bad, cap is tight, so the price is steep. That's the argument for now, but I still don't think it justifies a 1st.