groovejuice
Without deviation progress is not possible
he has a NMC, so he has to be protected unless he agrees to waive his NMC.
Well it's 84M and the buyout can't happen until next summer, so the number would be either 69M if in June or 56M if after his July signing bonus is paid. He has a very strange contract, it's front loaded and the first 4 years are mostly paid by signing bonus so his salary is actually very low. Kind of like the ROR trade where the blues were on the hook for his 7M bonus.
Price should have already been paid this years bonus of 13M, next year is another 13M bonus due on July 1st I believe. He's got 8.75M bonus the next year and 11M the following so after that which would be before the start of the '21-'22 season, he'll be owed 33.25M over the final 5 years in actual salary.
Seattle would be a great option to move Price to. I think he'd consider it a good landing spot, being so close to his BC home.
You'd offer to not protect Price for a list of goodies, and keep a little salary back for good measure. You know ownership in Seattle will try to emulate Vegas.