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Originally Posted by New Era
Get used to the idea of a trade that is not going to immediately blow your hair back. Just like the Hamilton trade the trade of Gaudreau is not immediately going to make people excited. It will be more focused on the sum of its parts than something sexy. And yes, there will be some salary coming back that is likely going to make the locals upset. This is part and parcel of trades in the NHL. Salary has to fit into both budgets, not just one based on their available cap space. Cap space is only valuable if you can use it, and then if you use it on players that can provide value. Having almost $8M in dead cap space really hurts the Flames. This is something Treliving is going to have to work on.
Maybe Treliving retains 50% to move Lucic to a team that could use some dead space. A team might bite on paying Lucic $6.5M over the next three years, freeing up some extra cash for the Flames. Moving out Bennett, Brodie, and Hamonic add over $11M to the mix. Bring in a cost controlled center, a young blueliner that you can get for under $3M and you can afford another big salary that is likely coming along in a deal for Gaudreau. The important thing is to find cost controlled players that are going to step in and contribute. That is going to save the Flames and make them better.
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The fundamental thing I think we disagree on is the purpose of moving Gaudreau. In my mind, we should only move him if the offer blows my hair back (for the record, Lindholm-Hanifin qualified as that in my eyes.) The reason we are moving him shouldn't be to gain extra cap flexibility, that is stupid as he's on a bargain contract. I see plenty of opportunities out there that don't involve us handicapping the team into the future just to offload the team's (arguably) current best player- and frankly I think we should just keep him if the only options available are big salary contracts coming back to us.
The last line of your post rings true: we need to find cost controlled players that can step in and contribute. Voracek is not at all one of these, neither are Nelson and Murray. I guess you should listen to your own advice when formulating trades for our best player.