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Originally Posted by 868904
The Raanta trade also included a Stepan cap dump. I don't think the Flames would have been able to make that deal.
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I don't think Stepan was a cap dump.
Guy points up 50-55 points everyseason and is a top 6 center.
Plus not like it was a cheaper cost for taking on Stepan - they gave up the 7th overall pick and DeAngelo - who himself was a first round pick who played 39 games for Arizona that season.
That trade is tougher to break apart what the cost for Stepan was vs. what the cost for Raanta was.
But from the Flames you were looking at 16 overall (Valimaki) + Andersson/Kylington likely to get even close to what Arizona paid overall.
And Arizona's package is still better