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Originally Posted by BrennyBaller
The Flames are not a cash spending team. They have an internal rule that they can't exceed cash over cap. The cap is to be the cash budget.
In this trade, the flames save around $10M in cash that they can use to front load the Tkachuk contract if needed.
Someone in the Flames org said that Tre & Co. were absolutely ecstatic about this trade for the above reasons, but also called it the B.O.S trade - Bag of $h!t for Bag of $h!t
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I think this is a bigger factor in the trade than fans realize/consider.
Half a million a year in cap savings is great, and will help a lot. But also having a suitcase full of cash in the trunk, may prove extremely valuable in the Tkachuk negotiations.
What really surprises me about this deal, is that Katz agreed to it. He is the big loser in this trade - and by a wide margin. And he doesn't seem like the kind of guy that would agree to that. Makes me wonder if he knew what this deal actually cost him.