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Originally Posted by New Era
Yes, then there is cap management. How many teams have $5.75M in cap space available to blow on a goaltender. Vancouver would have to move Miller's $6M salary. They're out of the running. Toronto would have to dump Bernier and his $4.1M salary. Pretty hard sell there. Edmonton would have to move Talbot's $4.1M salary. Again, a very hard sell there as the contract has term. Arizona will have a much harder time trying to move Smith's $5.6M salary, which is long term. They're completely out of the mix. Dallas has $10.4M in goaltenders signed up, with term, making them both impossible to move. Dallas is completely out of the mix. The Islanders have Halak signed at $4.5M, with term, so they would have to find a way to move him. Carolina is a possibility, having only Lack signed for $2.75M, which would make a manageable cap situation. Calgary is really the only team that can accommodate Fleury's salary without playing musical chairs around the league. That is the cap situation in a nutshell.
Moving Fleury with a NMC is going to be tough to begin with, as it limits the
marketplace. Moving Fleury to a list of one or two teams, both of which are likely to be in that NMC, makes it extremely difficult. Add in Fleury's age, remember he will be 32 by Thanksgiving, and he becomes that much less attractive. A deal could be struck, but the return is going to minimal.
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Bahh. Been hearing about cap situation and large contracts being hard to move for years. It never really seems to have an effect. If Dion and Kessel can be moved, then there will be a market for Fleury and not a bad return either in my opinion.
As for his age he is just turning 32 and i believe will be 34 when his contract ends. For goaltenders that's nothing. Fleury's NMC won't be much of an issue. The guy is going to want to be a starter. It's not like he is going to hold out for a trade to the Rangers to be a back-up.