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Originally Posted by getbak
It's one thing to get a team to do that for a couple of months on an expiring contract. I doubt any team would be willing to do it for 5 full seasons, especially when Eichel's deal pays him full value every year. It's not front-loaded at all.
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To win a cup you do. MAF's $7M comes off at the end of this year (and $5M R Smith), and another $7M for Patches the year after (front loaded cash, wouldn't be too hard to trade to ARI, etc.)
Instead of $12M on MAF and Smith, you get Eichel and a $2M backup.