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Originally Posted by D as in David
If the Flames are neither buyers or sellers this trade deadline, they could take advantage of their cap room by engaging in a three team trade where they take on a portion of salary of a player moving from one team to another. Would be complicated and potentially makes a competitor stronger for the post-season (so likely would involve an Eastern team).
Is this allowed under the CBA and are there any examples of this type of trade in the past?
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This is probably an excessively convoluted way of getting in as a middle man, where most teams looking to move a big contract will generally absorb the cost on their own. You'd need to have that team be unwilling to absorb any costs due to finances or cap situation and I don't see any potential sellers in that situation.
Plus the Flames don't have a lot of cap space to take on a meaningful portion to begin so this ends up being a thought exercise without a specific scenario in place.