Burns is far more useful than Vlasic at this point, and a far better contract than Karlsson. Retain 1-2mil and you can get something for him.
Sure, but that is something totally different than what the post that I quoted said. Burns can probably be moved, but every other contract comes with baggage/issues. Vlasic is NMC and forever long. Kane has the rumored issues with teammates (right or wrong that is what is floating out there), Couture is going to be old, Karlsson is unmovable, etc.
So while yes there is an option in which Burns can be moved, I don't know that the ensuing retention and cost to replace those minutes on this roster are worth it currently. The more I think about it, you are probably likely to get more return on Burns in a year or two than now as teams see the perceived risk to be less as the term on that contract goes further and further down. That could be totally wrong, but that's where I am landing right now thinking through the options and likelihood of moves. Don't see the Sharks retaining $2 million for 4 years and don't know how many teams are lining up for Burns at full value right now for 4 years while sending decent assets back in return. Term of the deal is probably the biggest obstacle right now to a Burns deal.