I love the thinking behind deals man! Great writeup!
Can't speak for BB but knew he wanted to offload a couple of his 9 Centers. LOL He posted a couple of times in the Trade Block thread and he was willing to let Kadri walk when he pulled a Slackjack-Semin (sort of) by buying him out then resigning him. Moore is good but had a terrible end to his season after getting dropped off in Arizona and picking up a boatload of minus as the Coyotes got scored on at will in the 2nd half of the season. Poor guy! LOL Is that situation in Arizona going to improve next yr, I can only hope. Lecavalier got benched non-stop by Berube so his value was suppressed somewhat. Yeah he's 35 but he still has great hands.
Del Zotto wasn't going to be cheap. Before his Broadway meltdown and lapse, he was fantasy gold. At 24 MDZ (25 in June) he's trending up. I can't guarantee another spike in output but it's a buy low scenario for San Jose imo. If he continues his trajectory, Del Zotto should be worth over $6 million a season while posting Top 15 stats. So his $4.7m deal as a defenseman is more valuable than Kadri's $5.6m deal and Centers are not as scarce unless you're talking about a Top 3 Center which are tough to come by.
That was the breakdown of the trade in my head.