Not sure what you are proposing. Bogosian and Vesey for...?
holidays, etc stuff still haven't formulated a final offer.
not being coy, just busy
You got guys you wanna move. So do I.
Correct if I am wrong, nothing should be ignored, but your immediate focus is competing better, now. Rangers also want that sooner than later, but to get there are more open to deals that create more cap flexibility.
Off the top of my head, one variation [feel free to suggest others] is:
NYR wanna move Skjei 5.25 x 5 b'c of his term + fact they have/have upcoming emerging elc LDs. BOGO is $ close 5.142,867, but expiring, not term. Although Skjei's history is he does well in correct system/w correct partner, and I could see him fit w/you guys (chemistry is a real but fragile thing), BUF deserves
something for taking on the cap, but that has to reflect that Skjei is simply not a given. While he is not a stud, he is 25 and his deal ends at 30. He should be valued as Skjei, not Seabrook.
That something could be expanding to include both:
Buch 3.25 x 2 for Vesey 2.275 expiring and Girgensons 1.6 also expiring for Lias Anderssen $894,166 current elc.
Quick ballpark on all that math is:
a tad under 9.4 from Rangers
for 9.0+ from Sabres
you would save on Lias [due to suspended status] until he reports.
Buch who you should be able to keep reasonable after next season, is a big upgrade on Vesey
Girgensons is not gonna be better than 3C at best.
Lias only has a motor. Highly doubt he turns into, best case scenario, another Habs' Gallagher, who supposedly has no physical talent yet puts many to shame.
But worst case is LA is a cheap miss, or 4th liner.
So basically it is a cap move, but Sabes get some value for their pieces and in exchange Rangers get structural cap which helps w/extending Kreider or other flexibility.
there may be other doable scenarios, but this what comes to mind...
