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Originally Posted by MrMike
So lose him for free instead? Or am I missing an option number 3 I don’t know about.
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I'd rather lose him for free then pay 50% of his salary anyways. But we don't just lose him for free, it means some other player is not selected even if it is someone like Kylington.
But the teams looking at acquiring Giordano would need only 2 defensemen to protect but also be in a position to be good since they are acquiring a 38 year old to-be-UFA. That's not quite mutually exclusive, but it's getting there.
So even if the Flames find their unicorn, they enter the UFA period without Giordano and Kylington but with 50% of Giordano's cap-hit the team has limited ability to replace them with UFA defensemen? Doesn't seem great.