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Old 11-22-2021, 01:26 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814 View Post
You can pay For Gaudreau’s raise just by not re-signing Pitlick and Zadorov.

Trade Monahan and one of Tkachuk/Mangiapane, and you pay for the remainder’s raise + Kylington.

I don’t understand the “don’t pay him” crowd - if brining him back wasn’t part of the plan, why wasn’t he traded this summer?

Because you can’t well trade him now.
simply subtracting one player's contract is not the solution. You still have to consider the salary of that replacement player with

"Trade Monahan and one of Tkachuk/Mangiapane, and you pay for the remainder’s raise + Kylington."
So you end up with the same players we have now minus Monahan & Tkachuk/Mangiapane. How does help us strengthen the team?
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