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Originally Posted by getbak
Based on Treliving's comments after the trade that they're not worried about needing to protect Lucic in the expansion draft, I agree with your theory that part of the trade agreement was a gentleman's agreement that he will waive the NMC for the expansion draft.
They can't officially make the request until sometime in early 2021, but I'm sure they've already made the agreement to help accommodate the deal.
Yeah, any discussion about waiving the NMC should be more about who the Flames will need to protect than any actual thought about Seattle taking Lucic in the expansion draft.
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They don’t really need to protect him, necessarily. If they choose to part ways with him after this season (via buyout), the Flames are only on the hook for $500K cash for 6 years; the cap hit is much worse mind you, but saves the owners ~$9M in cash compared to buying out Neal after this season. Lucic’s salary over the last 3 years of the deal are very bonus-heavy, which makes the buyout scenario more palatable (from a pure dollars and cents perspective).
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