Love the idea, hate the price. Florida will lose Mascherin for nothing June 1st (I believe it's this date...) and they'll settle for the best offer. Obviously, Toronto should have made an offer, considering he's from Toronto which makes him likely to sign. Not sure on any other team, because although they would love to have him, how are they sure he'll sign for them if he's not signing for Florida? Edmonton just has to beat Toronto price... which will likely be low as they assume no other team has offered anything... I think that's overpayment for his rights...

PS, might want to put in description Adam's cap hit ($3,500,000) is WITH bonuses. His Base cap hit is ACTUALLY $925,000.

all i would give up is nyi 3rd and a 3rd the following year for him

The best offer will be whatever someone thinks the player is worth, not how bad a situation Florida is in. Mascherin scored at rates similar to MacKinnon, Hall, Stamkos, Dubois, Debrincat, Seguin, Wahlstrom, E Kane, and more than Tavares and Draisaitl in their draft years. He's fast, he's physical, he has led his OHL team in scoring 3 straight years (this year by 21 points, last year by 40 points). He's not big (but not terribly small at 5'10") but he is solid (205lbs). Dubois and Debrincat are the same draft year and scored at similar rates and they just had amazing years. I'd pay whatever it takes. Do you want to miss out on one of the best players available just because you don't want to be perceived as paying too much? I think he'll be as good as a top 5 pick this year and he'll be ready to make the jump to the NHL already. You've just set up LW for a decade. How much is that worth?

Two scenarios:
1. They stay as is and draft whoever is available at #10 (Smith, Farabee, Dobson, Veleno, etc.), none of whom are sure things and probably won't make the jump to the NHL right away.
OR
2. They give up a #10 and #75-ish (next year) for Mascherin (which, in my opinion, is like drafting a top 10 player who is already NHL ready) and #15. Solving the future on LW allows them to gamble at #15 on a RHD like Ryan Merkley, who, if he turns out, could be the absolute steal of the draft. And an offensive RHD would fill their biggest need without trading away valuable assets.

You'd rather have #10 & 75 than Mascherin and #15?

You have to ignore Florida's situation to make the smart trade. If Toronto ends up with Mascherin for less would you be happy that you didn't overpay? Edmonton needs a scoring LW who is under control for the majority of McDavid's contract. Mascherin may be the best option. and they'd still have #15 to get a solid prospect and fill the future RHD need (Merkley, Addison, Dobson).

I would take that deal!