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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Carter for Voracek was a pretty big win for the Flyers.
Ultimately, Calgary traded Dougie for the same reason Nashville is going to trade Subban. It's too much money on the back end, especially when the organizational strength of your team is defense (allegedly).
If you can get similar production from Gio-Brodie (and history suggests you can), you have turned a guy who is more than worth $5.75M (who might not be worth it at $8 or $9M - another debate) into a skilled top-6 forward who'll be with you for six more years AND a 22 year old defenseman with 3 seasons of NHL hockey under his belt.
And all of this is done with a negligible impact on the cap.
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Carter was for Voracek AND Couturier. I didn't include that one because at the time the deal looked bad for the Flyers. It was a win in the long run, but it took some time.