Isles were the only place Zajac would waive to go to, I’m guessing, so the Devils got to add him to Palms to get to the 1st and they can still move Kulikov and/or Murray in another deal.
I might rather have a 2nd and 3rd round pick than a 1st in this years weird draft but it’s still a pretty good return if Zajac would only accept to LI.