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Andersson isn't good; he fell off a cliff last year and has made it known he only wants to go to Vegas. I'm not trading a top asset for 1 year of a defenseman we need to bounce back and have a snowball's chance in Hell of re-signing.

I'd try to get a hair more

If its under 7mil with 5 or fewer years, you match it and in a year revisit it. If they offer anything in the 2 1sts/4 1sts range rhen you let him go and use the added assets to create a trade elsewhere The only team I might let take Byram at the 1&3 level is SJS. Then you just trade the lower of 2 1sts next year and get a more effective player

Are we sure its 4 he's willing to go to and not just block 4 teams? We could still try to convince him since he's from Windsor however.

Neighbors, Fowler & a lottery protected 1st for Byram, Krebs and our 26 3rd (Stole this from a guy on Twitter)

Sure

Adams can't but that's how he should do it. Getting 1 for 1 players is borderline impossible

I said trade for picks and use the picks to get a player. Effectively a 3-way trade

If I were Adams I'd find the best Western offer and barring absurd difference to Eastern teams send Byram out for picks and then use those picks to get a Rakell. Sadly I don't Adams has the imagination to even fathom 2 trades. I won't trade him to Toronto or another divisional opponent

Because they don't see him the same way we do.

Very likely but I have zero interest in giving it to him.

He won't regardless of if he could.

You can’t sign him 2 years or he walks to UFA

A snowball's chance in hell has better odds than me choosing that.

No interest in Andersson; he did a nose dive last year stats wise and I have zero interest in trading Byram for a rental that we may end up trading at the deadline or having to use as a rental of extreme cost. I'd say Byram is better to be honest but value wise they are likely close if not equal. A 2026 1st with some protection, a 2026 2nd and a lesser roster player. Depending on the offers an offer-sheet compensation could be preferable due to the lack of conditions on the 1st. Terrible targets seeing as most of the players are either rentals who want to be UFAs or Bot 6 guys akin to the Peterka trade. Ideally if you can pull off a Miller-esc trade return you could turn that 1st and Rosen into Rakell and call it an offseason unless someone comes knocking for Muel.