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Originally Posted by BACKCHECK!!!
You can offer up to $3.36m and give a 2nd rounder or less in compensation. Which would be a fair or more-than-fair salary for about half the guys on that list.
Franson is one example. Toronto probably can't afford both Kadri and Franson. They may even have to move out salary to afford just Kadri. They also have 8 defencemen already signed not including Franson.
So the Leafs may not be able to afford to match even a reasonable offer (say $2m). And they might not want to, because if they do he can't be traded.
I'm not saying it would be guaranteed to happen, I'm just saying I think a low-ball offer sheet on Franson (for example), there's a non-zero chance it works out, and I think it would be well worth it for the Flames.
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Except Franson needs to sign the deal. He wants more than 3.3 by the sounds of it