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Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
I can see a case for the Kraken taking Lucic.
- They do have to get to the Salary floor, which means that higher priced contracts will have to be picked.
- Lucic has a cap hit (if Seattle took him from us) of $5.25m, but they would only have to pay him $3.9375 million x 2 years. If they want to save some money, they could. He only has $9 million left in salary and bonuses, of which 12.5% is being paid by the Oilers.
- they need some leadership and vets. Lucic has been decent in that role.
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The floor is not a factor IMO. It’s just not hard to make it, with a lot more cost effective players. $4M cash is still a fair bit for Lucic. And if both he and Gio are available, I take Gio all day long.