For all the wishing about Strome (and others, I am sure), I wouldn't get hopes up. If the Isles really are paying Vegas a 1st to not take a forward (obviously including Strome), it makes him being exposed totally irrelevant. They're keeping him. I would be highly surprised if other teams who look to have highly appealing players exposed didn't make similar types of deals. Hell, I could see DW offering Vegas a pick (we have a new 4th!) to get them to agree to take Boedker (or whoever our whipping boy bad contract is that day) off of our hands rather than taking Schlemko, etc.