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I thought that was pretty funny too. That broad of a net would likely be true for 80% of players.

Paying 3 Dmen 8mil + is completely bonkers, especially when only one of them plays D well

Should he no, will he, probably

This offseason the entire East really haven't done much; MTL got better but everyone else is effectively budging slightly up or down akin to us. Toronto lost Marner but gain Nick Roy Florida re-signed their guys Carolina got better with Ehlers but still has questionable goaltending.

He’ll be rewarded 6.5 or 7mil by arbitration would be my guess. He certainly won’t get 8 or 9 mil AAV, especially if he asks for 2 years.

So then why hasn’t a trade been made yet? Aside from SJS and Philly, the other teams apparently interested in Byram are playoff teams not looking to subtract from their present roster. Adams wants NHLers and those playoff teams are unlikely to either have the cap space or present pieces to make a deal. I highly doubt Adams has 5 great offers on the table of NHL players and is sitting on his hands for the sake of it. Less actual evidence and more the general threat of one would be my guess.

It's mostly conjecture from a combination of a lack of a trade already and the majority of interested parties being playoff teams. Effectively as long as an offer sheet could be threatened; teams could, in theory, play off the value table and try and use prospects > picks as a way to coerce Adams.

Frankly we have no clue if its depreciating. If other teams just want to give us futures and threaten offer sheets it really does little at this time.

Adams is definitely trying to prevent an offer sheet from being brought up in discussions ever again. He's so hellbent on not taking any futures so from that regard it makes sense. Buffalo: We want player A or player B + Teams: No, we will just offer sheet him instead Buffalo: Try then... Teams: Nah.. I'll just offer other futures for now while threatening the offer sheet Buffalo: No more offer sheets Teams:

If we can get Kadri+ for Byram, sure

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.