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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Cap space has value, even for a team with lots of it. Why wouldn’t the Sabres extract assets from the Flames in exchange for eating cap, the way the Coyotes have?
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Sabres are being asked (apparently) by Vegas to eat cap themselves through retention - for the life of Eichel’s contract. If Calgary takes the whole salary and they just have to take on Zadorov for 1 year in which they can easily absorb it that’s a better deal for them on the cap front. They don’t have to look at a budget that pays Eichel to play for another team for 4 years. And Zadorov is at least a body and an NHL contract, which they still need to have