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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I don't think I've seen it mentioned here - considering the the Flames will not be compliance buying out any players, nor will be worried about spending too much money the next season or two, might the Flames want to trade a trade such as this:
To Calgary:
Player that other team wants to buy out, but can't due to wanting to buy out other players.
2nd Round Pick
To Other team:
Garbage prospect that Calgary has no plans for
I'd love to see it happen.
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What I find interesting about this is that the NHL is creating ways to put a dollar value on all tradable assets, including draft picks. It is going to start begging the question "How much is a first round pick worth?" and "How much is a second round pick worth?".
If a team wants to send Calgary a player to be bought out because we are not going to use the compliance buyout, how are the owners and GMs going to value that transaction?
To Calgary:
Player that other team wants to buy out, but can't due to wanting to buy out other players.
Draft Pick(s)
To Other team:
Conditional 7th round pick that goes to the other team if the Flames do NOT buy out the player.
Obviously the owners are going to want to get the most for their dollars. If they are going to spend $6M buying out a player for another team I do not think a 2nd round pick is going to cover it.
Do you think that GMs are going to be given dollar values for draft picks?
1st round = $2M
2nd round = $1M
3rd round = $500k
etc.
So that way when a GM is asked to eat $6M in salary or buyout he will reply saying "okay, but it'll cost you three 1st rounders".