Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
OK, who do you deal to make room for his cap hit? With the same stipulation – that you have to let that player go for free.
|
That stipulation makes no sense.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Jay Random
We're just looking at the quality of a cap-compliant NHL roster here, not at asset management, because (as should be obvious) Horvat isn't a free agent and you wouldn't actually be getting him without giving up assets. Talking about how great it would be to gain such an asset for nothing is frivolous.
I suppose the obvious thing would be to make Brouwer disappear and move the remaining forwards around the lineup as required. But making Brouwer's contract go away, at this point, is just as much a pipe dream as getting Horvat for nothing.
|
We could fit Horvat in immediately if we dealt Stajan. Brouwer would probably have to be dealt next summer when his full NTC switches to a partial.
This is a stupid thought experiment though. But Flames fans saying they wouldn't take Horvat for free is absurd. The underrating of him by a couple people in this thread is ridiculous.