McKenzie reports that Vegas wants to keep Garrison, Engelland, Schmidt, Theodore, Sbisa, and Miller on the blueline. This makes McNabb, Merrill, Reinhart, and Hunt available. Stoner is on IR.
What if the Flames trade Brouwer ($1.5M retained) for McNabb? He can replace Bartkowski as the #6, add toughness into the lineup, and we dump Brouwer! Retaining $1.5M of Brouwer's salary is the same cap hit to the Flames as buying him out but for 1 less year. Also, it frees up a 4th line spot for Lazar/Janko.
Brouwer at $3M for Vegas is a pretty good deal. The only question is Brouwer's NTC.
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