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Originally Posted by The Cobra
By cheap assets, I mean things like first round picks, good prospects.
Mangipane could be moved without taking cap back.
The Flames cannot keep the band together unless they magically find someone to simply take Lucic and Monny off their hands.
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It wouldn't exactly be magic.
Either you move them for very little return, or you pay a price to trade them away. Both players will be entering their final contract years, and both have been solid players for the best team in their conference.
The cost to move players has gone down since Carolina bent Toronto over on Marleau. To move a player with term, Gostisbehere, the Flyers spent a 2nd and a 7th - and that deal had 2 years left on it. If we have to spend a 2nd to be able to retain our key core pieces? Then you spend that 2nd.