[Samuelsson]

We'd have to start very high when negotiating, and only go higher. The thing is, people would pay a lot just to get rid of $5m of cap space over say, only 2 years; so whatever the Kings offer has got to be relative; whatever a team would pay to get rid of that cap space over 2 years, you double it and add the original half. If they're not adding a legitimately exciting player or prospect along with a top pick-or-2, they can forget it.

What is it, $5m-odd per for the next 5 years? That's a hell of an anchor to carry.

Edit: forgot to mention that we'd be saddled with the recapture penalties as well (wouldn't we?). Return goes up.