No it does not work capwise. Honka costs 0$ right now , Jankowski costs 1.675$ Million . Stars have 970,001$ in capspace . Jankowski isn't a bad player it just doesn't make any sense to take a contract back that doesn't signficantly improve the team . The Stars are really close to the salary cap and the contract limit. This is why the team wants some form of future assets for Honka. There's no place for anything else really. If thats not available we'll just keep his right and move on with the season.
Doesn't matter to the team if he's traded or not.
Als didn't Jankowski come off a pretty good year with the Flames ? I think the Flames like the guy right now and wouldn't trade him for a questionmark like Honka .