Ottawa will give you 1 of those 2 picks if Pittsburgh retains half of Reilly Smith's salary.

flyers decline

That addresses both your needs?

at the expense of our biggest weakness, flyers need centers, and won't be trading them unless it is for a significant upgrade or to get out from the couturier contract. especially a center like frost, he is the only player on the team who can create anything from nothing. poehling just signed an extension, he's not getting moved

goaltending (shockingly) isn't a need. ersson has simply been burnt through the ground. when he gets 40+ hours rest, he has a .910, anything else he's a .885 (stats were from a few days ago so have changed, but reasoning still holds true). with a legit backup/1B (which fedotov/kolosov will be), this won't be an issue

graves is alright, but again, not a significant need given that LHD for next year are york, sanheim, seeler, zamula, andrae, and ginning. next to no need to add a middle pair dman who's signed for 5 more years given that they won't need him in 2 years time

You guys want out of the Coots contract?

It's starting to look pretty bad already. He is basicly a 2nd line center now and is getting paid almost 8mil.

I mean if we wanted out of the Coots deal I doubt we would've named him captain.

Hawks probably decline. Can't see Poulin or those two picks being that attractive to Chicago. And the 4 years remaining on Rakell, even w/ the retention, is probably a dealbreaker anyway.

not 'want out of it,' it's just the only conceivable way a center is traded. oft-injured 50-60 point defensive center making 7.75 million for 6 more years is not pretty

Sabres might be interested in something like that

Chicago declines.