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Originally Posted by Geeoff
There's no way Matt Stajan is anyone's #2 centre at this point. Feels like wishful thinking because Stajan is overpaid and people want a spot open for Jankowski. I don't see any incentive for Vegas to take a $3million 4th line centre.
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The reasons are obvious. Cap hit is higher than his salary which helps vegas financially in the first season reach the 60% cap threshold they need without spending the same amount in real dollars.
His salary pay out if he is dealt at the deadline will be just 550k, while his cap at the deadline will be 700k. Basically any team will find that contract flexible enough to add at the deadline should they be looking for bottom 6 centre depth. With no future salary liability, Stajan in this scenario is pure rental.
Brouwer is still owed 13.5 million. Those kind of salary liabilities matter.