I don't know why this is so hard for people to get.
1. Anaheim buys out Bieksa (or he agrees to waive)
2. Anaheim trades Vatanen to team A
3. Anaheim protects Fowler, Lindholm, Manson, Getzlaf, Perry, Rackell, Silfverberg, Vermette, Cogliano, Kelser, Gibson
4. Vegas gets to pick from Boll, Shaw, Wagner (yuck right?)
So Anaheim wanting to avoid asking Bieksa to waive or to buy him out says to Vegas, "we can trade YOU Vatanen instead of trading him to team A, then you get to have Vatanen instead of a depth forward"
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