Liles is slightly less on the cap hit but drops in last year of deal in real dollars which likely means more to a internal cap team like Carolina.
It doesn't save them much but in 2015 the difference in salary is 750,000 and 250,000 for the next two years.
If you don't think much difference between 2 defensemen then that extra money and the C level prospect may be enough to get you to do the deal.
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