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Crown Royal · 09-11-2020, 01:21 PM

The only way an OEL trade works in my opinion is if a 3rd team is involved eating some salary for an asset.

Arizona trades OEL and an asset to "Team X", retaining 15% ($6,712,500 in real dollars and $1,275,000 against the cap).
"Team X" then trades OEL to Calgary, retaining an additional 15% ($6,712,500 in real dollars and $1,275,000 against the cap). This would make his cap hit 5.95m which would be much more palatable.

That said, I don't see Arizona retaining more than 10% and I think it would be extremely difficult to get another team to retain anything.

Kuemper or a retained Kessel make far more sense to me for both teams than OEL.

09-11-2020, 01:21 PM	#65
Crown Royal Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Mar 2019 Exp:	The only way an OEL trade works in my opinion is if a 3rd team is involved eating some salary for an asset. Arizona trades OEL and an asset to "Team X", retaining 15% ($6,712,500 in real dollars and $1,275,000 against the cap). "Team X" then trades OEL to Calgary, retaining an additional 15% ($6,712,500 in real dollars and $1,275,000 against the cap). This would make his cap hit 5.95m which would be much more palatable. That said, I don't see Arizona retaining more than 10% and I think it would be extremely difficult to get another team to retain anything. Kuemper or a retained Kessel make far more sense to me for both teams than OEL.