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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Your point is exactly why Johnny should have more value than what is being discussed here. Buffalo and New Jersey can take back the cap without sending much of any back.
The cap is flat for 2-3 years and the Flames are potentially putting a top 10 scorer in the league with a 6.75M cap hit on the market. His value should be that much higher because of his low cap hit.
If Taylor Hall is not coming here then I keep Johnny for another year. I just think that Hall wants to be here. Add him to replace Johnny today and the main pieces coming back would be a high pick or top end prospect.
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Originally Posted by djsFlames
Really doubt it's that cut and dry.
If a team comes knocking then that means they are looking to add a superstar to their top 6, which means they'd have to the space to accomplish that, and fetching one for 6.75 is way more ideal than a 9-10M player.
Teams that want to compete make space to make such adds when they want to push themselves over the top, and are usually willing go right to the cap.
If the Flames want to take minimal money back then they should be able to accomplish that just fine because of the already reasonable cap hit.
We're not taking anybody's dead weight if we don't want to when we're offering what will be the best player in the deal, and if we do then it's because the suitor is willing to massively overpay in futures.
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Perhaps not, but at the same time it's really not that cut and dry that we find a suitor that is willing to pay the price of Gaudreau. Don't get me wrong, if we are trading our superstar winger, I would hope we get a lot of great futures (if we're going that route), or a change-of-scenery kind of deal, or even us adding to Gaudreau to get a better player (unlikely). I am just saying that the cap remaining flat doesn't exactly increase Gaudreau's value, especially with the cap likely remaining flat for a couple of years.