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Originally Posted by 868904
I think There is a cap dump element to Stepan, the Rangers had apparently soured on him and need the cap space to go shopping, because the Rangers are like that wife who loves to shop and will throw old but valuable things away just to shop for new shiny things.
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Oh definitely. But he didn't have negative value. A top 10 pick for a slightly overpaid but serviceable top two line centre seems fair to me. They weren't going to (and didn't) give Stepan away for nothing just to dump the salary. It wasn't a toxic contract. I'm sure several teams were interested in Stepan.