I would not mind trading Loui because, as stated above, it opens up some cap flexibility for this offseason. Seidenberg would be good for a team who wants to GFIN, has money, and needs a top 4 D-man. He's not the horse he was in 2011, but he'd be solid for a contender who need a top 4 D-man. His contract off the books would be very nice too. Those two contracts off the books would open up an additional $8.25 million in cap space for 2015 and $4 million in 2016/2017 according to Sportrac. Considering that 11 spots are going to have to be filled this offseason(I count 5 UFA's(Soderberg, Campbell, McQuaid, Paille, Bartkowski) and 6 RFA's(Hamilton, Krug, Smith, Svedberg, Cunningham, and Caron) and bigger contracts are coming for Hamilton for sure and maybe Krug they will need as much cash as possible.
Ed--the opportunity to use compliance buyouts passed this offseason. That isn't possible anymore.