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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Using the Club's only ever 1st overall pick to dump a cap hit would be such a terrible move. This is one of the worst suggestions i have ever seen tbh. Im normally somewhat on board with your proposals but give your head a shake here man.
As terrible as it would be this does seem like a "flames" move. Yuck.
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We are entering a 3 year flat cap so it makes that Lucic cap hit that much more crippling. The deal also deepens the Flames prospect pool and allows them to draft a more critical position of need. They have Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Mangipane, Dube all as left shot wingers and they have interest in Hall.
When limited teams have cap space this summer the Flames could be in a position to take advantage if they could unload Lucic.
This is a win now move but also could pay off down the line of Byfield or Stutzle pan out better than Lafreniere. 3 other prospects and dumping a terrible contract at the same time.
It makes sense to me but maybe Lafreniere is that much better than Stutzle/Byfield?