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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Cap space only has value if you're going to use it. Eat half of those salaries and you have the potential to garner a significant return. Taking Twarynski was just a waste of a pick and has no value in any shape of form. You're not getting anything for him because he isn't an NHL player. Those other guys, while having some warts, are NHL talent, can produce, and could return good assets with the right use of cap space (retention).
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I just don’t think “significant returns” are out there in the market right now. Voracek was traded for an equally rough contract, they had to pay a second to get rid of Ghost, nobody was willing to take on Tarasenko.
With the stagnant cap teams just aren’t willing to take on questionable, aging players with big tickets. Not teams that want to remain flexible anyways