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Originally Posted by Macindoc
The extra 2 years of dead cap space may be OK if at least one of the young goaltender prospects works out in the next 2 years, otherwise we'll be pretty tight against the cap every year until this buyout comes off the books. Trading Stone would also help quite a bit.
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that 1.5mil is a smaller % of the cap each year that it goes up and in years 3 and 4 shouldnt be a big deal.
Trading Frolik would be my preference as I really don't think the flames are comfortable getting rid of stone in case of injuries along the blueline. Yes he's expensive for what he is but he fits a purpose. As much as I like Valimaki and Andersson, I wouldn't want to have them guarenteed a spot for an extended period completely untested. Having a vet to push them day to day for their spot or vice versa will keep them all hungry and motivated.