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Originally Posted by jayswin
You wouldn't even get that right now. Cap space has become gold in NHL deals, you need to pay to get rid of contracts where a player isn't producing, whether you pay with a pick or another sub-optimal contract coming back.
With Jankowski you wouldn't have to pay a pick but you'd likely have to bring back another struggling $1-$2mil contract.
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Hence Virtanen, another struggling 1st rounder making $in that range and who is a pending RFA (but who checks some boxes as a decent sized, speedy, RHS RW). I think he fits pretty well on the right side of Ryan.
Treliving has traded with Vancouver before, so it's not impossible.