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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague
If Treliving wasn't creative enough to structure similar-value offers with what the Flames have on hand, he wouldn't be in his job. I really hate how the NHL has fostered this culture where everyone thinks it's really hard to structure a trade.
Saying a guy like Stone would screw up the whole cap structure I kind of get (although even there, you will always have options to make it work - see the Leafs). But saying a team couldn't have made a similar offer because they didn't have the same trade chips their competitors have is just nonsense, to me.
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The Leafs haven't made it work yet. They have a lot of work to do in the offseason. If the salary cap gets to $83 million they have only $16 million left to sign five RFA's and replace two UFA's and they could easily burn through most of that on just Marner and Kapanen. They are pretty well up against the wall long term.