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Originally Posted by kyuss275
The problem is that the teams that will go the buy out route, have rich owners that would rather write the cheque than lose a good asset like a 1st or 2nd.
I guess a team with an internal budget might think about it, but they will need those 1st round picks not just for a chance at a good player, but a chance to have a good player on a ELC.
It sort of seemed like Kotalik and a 2nd was traded for $3 million cap space. So that might be where to start.
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It isn't just the buyout where we will be able to see these exchanges of cash/cap space for assets. With the new trade system where a team can retain half of a player's salary cap we can see a number of opportunities for a team to say "We will trade you player X and keep half of his salary for draft picks".
Not only does it make an otherwise expensive player more reasonably priced but it also allows teams to negotiate the value of a draft pick.
I think it will be really interesting to watch as GMs start using the new salary trading features and how much dollar value they put into cap space and real dollars saved/spent.