On Cammalleri: He was always going to be worth more at the deadline. With the dropping cap teams can't afford him at 6-million. Feaster's message serves two purposes. One it tells the player we tried to trade you like you asked, but you aren't playing to your salary and nobody wants you. And two it tells the other teams GMs your back isn't against the wall and you are willing to keep the player despite the trade request.
On Lecavalier People shouldn't be so black and white. As a general guideline you don't sign players past a certain age. Just like you try not to trade picks or try not to give out NTCs. But you can't run a team in black and white. You don't lose out on a great player because of a NTC. You don't put yourself in a situation where you can never trade a pick. And occasionally you sign a "post-apex" (hate that term) player if it is the right thing to do.
(For the record I don't agree with every NTC / pick traded. I do agree with signing Lecavalier if he is interested in signing here - doubtful).
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