If the trade is based on clearing salary for Boston I see the trade going something like this
to Boston:
Stepniak (2.5)
Backlund (2.0?)
Horak (0.8)
Hanowski? (0.9$)
1st/ gaudreau/ Reinhardt
to Calgary:
Seguin (5.7)
Peverley (3.25)
Kelly (3.0)
In my eyes stepniak replaces seguin's production and is a better checker. He is UFA next year which will leave Boston with more then enough $ to extend Bergeron.
Backs replaces Kelly
And Horak takes over for Peverly
Hanowski and the 1st/ prospect make up for the sting of losing Seguin's projected pottential.
Does this deal seem one sided for Calgary? Absolutely.
But remember Boston is clearing 6 mil in this deal. It's going to allow them to pursue an FA of Iginla's caliber which would actually improve their team IMO. Also the value of a cap hit, as per kotalik, is about 3m = 2nd round pick. Imagine the trade above with identical cap hits but with Calgary throwing in two 2nd rounders and you can see why I think Boston would consider this deal a win win. Also I don't see many other teams out there who can take on this much cap and make a better offer.
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