Bruins aren't gonna move Sway and if they did they wouldn't move him for that

Pens would accept if we didn’t retain 4mil, maybe 2.5 mil, otherwise no

Boston declines and Swayman signs for way more than that

If his next contract comes in that $5mill range that offer sheet would only cost a team a 1st and a 3rd. Boston will have to pay him significantly more, $8.5mill +, to get into a compensation bracket that exceeds the value from this trade.

They can't hold both of them forever, at least trading one of them before they walk in UFA allows them to recoup some assets

Boston declines, but you know that already.

They are working on 6 year 7m deal.

Reports are Swayman asked for $4.8mill in arbitration last summer. Can't see his value increasing that much. Maybe he gets up to $6mill but he hasn't proven he can hold the net to himself

So then they trade Ullmark for way less than they would get for Swayman

That's also on a 1 or 2 year RFA deal. Since then he's earned more. Reports came out last week saying that they were in extension discussions, and that they thought it was going to end up at around 7 million. I think Boston is more than happy to pay that

That's fine, get 5 million in cap back and a first round pick for a Vezina winner they signed as a FA.

Maybe. Or they just hold on to him. They don’t need the cap space.

Canes pass. We need someone like Necas more than Chychrun.

OTT declines PIT trade, no interest in EK

I could actually see the canes doing something like this. Assuming they can't come to agreeable terms with Necas.