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Boston would not be considering trading Seguin if there was no cap.

There will not be a wild bidding war giving away assets for him as a lot of teams are in Cap jail and could not add Sequin without sending back salary...... which is the whole reason Boston is considering letting him go in the first place.

for 5.7 M a team can likely sign Ignila or Lecavalier or maybe both for 3 years and still hang on to their draft picks. Horton will end up signing for the same sort of contract as Seguin currently has..... .... Who would you rather have Monahan/Nichushkin/Lindholm and Horton or Sequin?


Boston traded away Kessel for 2 first and a 2nd. There was no way that either Boston or Toronto thought that the pick would be a #2 and # 9.

Kessel was coming off a 36 goal year and a great playoffs. He was a more proven player then than Sequin is today.


The leafs drafted 7th in 2009 and thought that Kadri would be better than their next 2 first round picks..... and so did Boston.


When Kessel was traded Boston thought they were getting a 10th and 15th. Toronto thought they were giving up a 15th and 20th.


22 and/or 28 and Gaudreau will be a very competitive offer especially as this is a deep draft and the picks will have names and faces later on today.

If Gaudreau is able to step up and succeed at the NHL then he will have trouble doing it on the Flames/... The Flames already have Baertschi and Hudler as their very undersized stars.