Edm trade is terible

I should've added something extra for taking Campbell's contract. I don't think EDM would want to give up Holloway, so Lavoie I like. Still young and would mature with the other guys on MTL. As for Savard, the Tanev trade wigged me out, so lowered my value. There's no guarantee Hughes keeps him if it's not a 1st. As valuable as he is, I'm sure he'd like to get something good out of it in case he gets hurt or slower next season.

Avs decline. There is no way they can afford to retain on RyJo in a trade and Evans is too expensive for a 4C for the Avs going forward after this year. This effectively also makes him even more expensive and restricts the Avs further from making other moves they need to make that are more important.

Savard with retention is worth a late 1st, just cause the Flames sold low on Tanev doesn't mean Hughes will.

Taking Campbell's contract is at minimum worth 2 1sts since it's even worse than Anderson's since Anderson is still an NHL player but Campbell isn't even a 3rd string goalie.

A deal constructed around Savard with retention for Campbell looks more like this

Savard (retained) for Campbell + Edmonton's 2024 1st + Bourgault + Holloway

The 1st is for Savard Bourgault and Halloway are for taking Campbell

What do the Avs need? If it came down to it, they could trade Evans for picks after the season. I was more thinking win-now outlook. Although 4th line, he'd be a defensively reliable player, especially on the PK.

The Avs need a 2C long term and a back up G for this season only (so no to Allen). Retaining on RyJo and taking Evans means they'd have 1.3m of RyJo's 4m to use on a 2C. Basically Evans becomes a 2.7m 4C and the Avs can't afford him at 1.7. Ain't gonna work. Will be hard enough at 4, impossible at 1.3 to find a 2C. RyJo will likely have to be moved full cap for no return (or at best FCs/pick) or the Avs are stuck with him. A 4C and a 3rd pair RD are maybe targets if they've fixed the others two positions of need but there will be little left to spend on them.

So unretained it'd be Savard for a 2nd + Bourgault + Holloway?

I think EDM is going to have a hard time paying this to anyone, they might be tied with him for the rest of his contract. Obviously, EDM can't just trade us a pick since they'd be over the cap and have no one on LTIR to pull that shenanigans. I guess you could just do Retained Savard for a 1st + Holloway + a low-end roster player to make the cap work? Vincent Desharnais and let his contract expire?

Not worth it for Habs

You are partially right, it would be hard for the Oiler to consider trading that much but they can acquire Savard half retained for just a 1st. They have accrued 2.3 mil in cap space for deadline deals since half retained Savard's cap hit would only be 1.75 mil they could do it easily without adding Campbell