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Originally Posted by diane_phaneuf
Friedman said the same thing before the deadline, he would have waived to go to Vancouver
it's been pointed out before but yes very easily they could, basically what Blaster said above and they can pay someone 6+
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Buying out Booth and Ballard 4.2+4.2=8.4 mill
Luongo trade 5.3 mill
So they will free up 13.7 mill.
They are up against the cap right now and the cap is going down by 6 mill so that eats almost half of it.
In the Luongo trade with the cap going down they will most likely have to take salary back.
Also with the Higgins, Burrows, Edler extensions and higher cap hits kicking in next year, that eats an extra 5 mill. 2 mill more on Edler deal, 2.5 mill more on Burrows and 0.6 on Higgins.
So with the 13.7-6mill = 7.7 with cap going down. Then 7.7 - 5 mill in extensions = 2.7 mill left.
Then salary back in the Luongo deal, they will be right up to the cap. Of course they can let Raymond walk but with that money they will have to replace Booth, Ballard and Raymond and a backup goalie with very very cheap guys.
Ugly offseason for VAN.