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shadowlord · 08-02-2018, 03:27 PM

I'm going to put my conspiracy theory hat on and say this buyout was (also) a negotiating tactic with Hanafin by Tre.

"Look, we really want to get a long-term deal with you done, so we got bought-out Brouwer to give up $2.5M in cap space that we're giving to you instead of a bridge deal. The max cap we have available is $4.7/yr for a 6 year deal.*"

* substitute the actual/correct numbers where required.

08-02-2018, 03:27 PM	#208
shadowlord First Line Centre Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Vancouver, BC Exp:	I'm going to put my conspiracy theory hat on and say this buyout was (also) a negotiating tactic with Hanafin by Tre. "Look, we really want to get a long-term deal with you done, so we got bought-out Brouwer to give up $2.5M in cap space that we're giving to you instead of a bridge deal. The max cap we have available is $4.7/yr for a 6 year deal." substitute the actual/correct numbers where required.