For Vegas, this would be a fairly sizable portion of their roster moved in one deal, but if big cap moves need to be done, it does clear $12.7 million (15% of cap). Hill and McNabb (5-team) and Barbashev (8-team) have fairly limited no trade protection. An alternative to McNabb would possibly be Hague. Alternatives to Barbashev could be a handful of guys including Roy, Kolesar, Howden or possible Mantha or Carrier rights….but all would change the return.

Daws is a good number 3 goalie for playoff team in 2024-25 (he comes with NHL experience and is waiver exempt for next season). With Thompson approaching UFA, Daws could be a good lower AAV option for 2025-26. Pick will be conditional and tied to Hill performance: 2nd upgrades to 1st if NJD reaches playoffs and Hill starts 42+ games and moves to 2026 2nd if NJD wins playoffs and Allen starts 40+ games (due to existing condition on Allen trade). Some alternatives to consider - we could include Foote or Halonen In place of Bastian. If Vegas wanted to move up this year, we could be also swap picks in 2024 1st round (#10 for #19) in lieu of the conditional 2nd / 4th combination.