Just make sure one of the teams is a magical team that gets paid to receive players that are cap dumps but when they go and trade away those same players, they suddenly become valuable assets.
Too be fair... My error was judging Chicago to want a Goalie... they don't so my value for them is off by a lot.
I think this helps TB...
I think this helps VGK...
Obviously as a wings fan I'm doing it for picks.
All I need is a team that will pay some picks for a 3.5M Fleury.
Also here is why it works only as a 4 way deal.
VGK do NOT want to retain any money on Fluery. So they cant trade him with retention themselves, they need to dump the whole contract.
TB wants to dump Johnson or Gourde, but their contracts are too long for Detroit to take or retain in a flip deal. (Because they are win now players., So only Vegas wants those types of players.
TB wouldn't trade with Vegas on their own, because they need Detroit to dump Fleury to.
The team that wants Fleury needs Detroit to take on the whole contract and then Retain.
Personally my values may be off... But If I were to rewrite this trade as this:
TB trades Johnson + 2nd round pick to Detroit.
Detroit trades Johnson to Vegas for Fleury + 2nd round pick.
Detroit retains on Fleury 50% to the 4th team that wants cheap Fleury for a 2nd round pick.
Thus Detroit would get 3 2nd rounders. How to do you like that for Value?
Also NONE of these players can move WITHOUT Detroit... Thats why they get all the picks.