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Originally Posted by Buff
Gaudreau-Monahan-Neal
Tkachuk-Backlund-Lindholm
Bennett-Jankowski-Frolik
Lazar-Ryan-Czarnik
Brouwer
Giordano-Brodie
Hamonic-Hanifin
Stone-Kulak
Andersson
Smith
Gillies
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I think you're pretty close.
If Andersson (or another) makes the team outright, Prout or Kulak is waived and of no consequence. If not, Prout and Kulak fight for the 6th spot.
Similarly, I think if one of Mangiapane, Foo, Dube, Klimchuk make the team, Lazar and Brouwer are the spare forwards, with some obvious juggling potential. If two of them somehow surprise and make the team, again waiving Lazar is of little consequence in my opinion. Otherwise Hathaway gets to remain on the team as a spare forward.
But the team has been relatively injury lucky, that's usually not the case. So even if Andersson and friends don't outright make the team, there's a good chance they will see a lot of time as injury callups.
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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
In order of what i'd be prepared to give up to move Brouwer's contract. As you go down the items above are removed from the offer:
Retain salary
3rd round pick
Shinkaruk/Klimchuk/Kulak
Kylington if we also obtained value in return
2nd round pick if we also obtained value in return (say a 3rd round pick).
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Brouwer would not be traded for a third round pick. $9,000,000 left on his contract is just too big. Teams with the cap space, both this year and next, don't want to spend actual money (see Hossa-Phoenix), and teams that do spend the money, aren't handicapping themselves with that contract. In my opinion, it would take a lot more than a 3rd round pick to get rid of him. Same with Shinkaruk, Klimchuk and Kulak. Why take on a depth/AHL players for 4.5Mx2 years?