[SuperMatt18]

C'mon NHL let us have our fun.

My guess is both teams are trying to retain salary on a player in a 3 way trade but you can't do that since Brassard is never officially a member of the Knights in a 3 way deal.

So they will have to figure out a way to split it into multiple deals likely.

Something like

Brassard to Vegas for a conditional 1st round pick (condition being Vegas gets to pick any first rounder to give to Ottawa)

Then it goes Brassard to Pittsburgh for a 1st and Cole and maybe something else depending on what the exchange was for salary retention. (This first goes to Ottawa as per the conditions of the trade)

Then Pittsburgh sends the goalie prospect to Ottawa for future considerations or a 7th rounder or something.