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Originally Posted by dieHARDflameZ
I know a lot of people are throwing Colborne into trade proposals and to be honest I am 100% on board with moving up to third overall to draft Puljujarvi, but is it not worth mentioning Colborne is an RFA?
So theoretically you're trading his rights, which may not be as enticing to Columbus... Someone please correct me if I'm mistaken.
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It's his rights, but he's not UFA so they'd get him signed. Still has value.
They get a younger, cheaper, bigger winger (who can also play center a bit) who doesn't have a No-Move clause.
Worst case scenario for CLB re-signing him is they still save $1,000,000+ cap for a 40 point forward. More likely they'd save $1.5-2.0 million though, and like I said....they drop a NMC and get a 7 years younger in the process.
At least that's how I see the appeal from a CLB perspective.