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Originally Posted by GullFoss
If Lucic retires after collecting his $3m signing bonus and it doesnt count against the cap, the flames arent going to have much trouble resigning and keeping Johnny, Tkachuk, Kylington and Mangiapane. They also wouldnt have to buy out Monahan.
They'd also be in a situation where they don't have a single "bad" contract. That in and of itself should convince Tkachuk and Johnny to come back, as it suggests the team will be positioned to contend for as long as Johnny and Tkachuk are playing at a high level.
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This would be a team that is genuinely 12 forwards deep with a high quality top-6. The only knock would be no "generational quality" player. But there's enough talent to overcome that by committee.
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I’m pretty sure that if any random player retires right after collecting his signing bonus and not playing the season, that team can then take that player to court to pursue the losses from the bonus.
Why would Lucic put himself into this position? Why not just play the season out? Did he hate hockey so much this past season? Does he hate the coach? His teammates? The city? I don’t think any of this applies to Lucic nor have we heard anything about him retiring after his contract is over? Seems more like us fans want him to retire (for obvious reasons} rather than the player himself.
Lastly, I would consider Monahan a bad contract. $6.3M is a lot of money to pay for Monahan’s production. Unfortunately, I don’t think management has the assets or the appetite to entice other teams to take on both Lucic and Monahan’s contracts. One thing that hasn’t been factored at all in any of the discussions I’ve seen is how good this UFA class is. It’s hard for me to see why a team would want Monahan or Lucic’s contracts when there’s so many better UFA forwards available this summer who can be had at the same price.
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