the more I see the rumblings of these deals the more you just know Treliving has been in there like a dirty shirt.
My head keeps going to Brouwer and how they are unlikely to take him at 4.5M but what if his contract was 3M
I hate making up deals, but I keep thinking a pre-arranged trade where they take Brouwer and Calgary eats 1.5M of his salary, and take Bouma in the expansion draft with Calgary tossing in a prospect and Vegas returning a late round pick or something.
McPhee would have to like Brouwer as a player to make this work, which would be a pretty big caveat, but you have to think Brouwer at a reduced salary has legs in some fashion.
Not sure if Treliving has an ego, but it couldn't have been a good thing to see Brouwer slide on to the fourth line last season less than a calendar year into a four year deal. Then looking forward to this year they need to either get him playing better or keep him out of the top nine in order to avoid stagnating Bennett.
This really seems like the get out of jail less expensive window for Treliving.
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