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Originally Posted by Voodooman
Actual salary is $6.714 for next 4 years, 15% of which is just over $1M. As well, Bob McKenzie confirmed that the retained salary averages $1M for the first 4 years. I agree that it should go down substantially after that, by which time Lou will have retired anyways.
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Makes sense. Does the retained cap hit also vary or is it 795 every year?
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Let's not lose sight of the bigger picture by haggling over the details. The Canucks are a train wreck, and Gillis is either the 29th or 30th best GM in the league right now.
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I understand the urge to gloat and dance around the grave of the rival as a flames fan, but not being one I'd rather analyze the situation from an actual hockey perspective. Gillis has completely bungled the goalie situation since last year, but if you took over the GM job in Vancouver this morning you couldn't have done better than this trade. It's a useful NHL player and a guy who may or may not start for you in the future, in exchange for a guy who had zero value left to the organization if it's going into a rebuild. The fact that he got more than a 2nd rounder is surprising to me.