NSH would also want Mercer. But I think Value is fair.

Yeah they’d definitely ask and understandably so but I think everyone knows Askarov is the guy after this season. Nashville has to make a deal, and we need this guy. The pick + top prospect is proper compensation and best offer they will get: Gets done on draft day I’m sure.

Yep. No need to reinvent the wheel.

No goalie has returned this much in decades. 1 year of Saros isn’t worth a top 10 pick+casey

Bro just resign him you think he’s going to come with a 8yr deal. I know no goalie returned this but he’s Saros, not Lankinen.

Saros isn’t a better asset than Schneider was.

Thats my baseline.

Paying Saros 8+ mill until he’s 38 doesn’t add much value in my eyes. Or we could sign him if/when he hits UFA for free.

Countless times on cap friendly you hear about players who will be traded with “extensions” that magically increase their value.

Yet it rarely, if ever happens in real life

We’re giving up a top 10 pick we don’t need, and a RD prospect who’s blocked. Make the deal, hire a competent head coach and let’s go make some runs. No more playing around, time to go.

Saros has been quite mediocre this year. What happens if he doesn’t bounce back. You’ve now paid a top 10 pick and a top prospect for 1 year of a mediocre goalie.

No goalie in the salary cap era has gotten anything close to this.

Let alone a rental goalie coming off a mediocre year.