Not satire. As I said I think Vatanen has/had great value. I'm speculating, which is what we do here... that the closer to the deadline we get, the leverage may shift from the seller (devils) to buyer. Bunch of DMen have already been moved and if you're sitting there on Monday, you could see a buyer saying look hes hurt, you need to add assets for this guy as badly as we need to add help. We're lowering our offer, we havent seen him play in a month. Go beat it if you can.
There are usually some assets who get left standing in musical chairs on deadline day and having to choose between taking less and holding a player only to lose him for nothing a few months later. Like the Devils did with Maroon a few years back. Hoping this health situation doesnt put devils in a spot w this player.