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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Teams have paid a 3rd round pick for negotiating rights alone so to get the existing team to agree to an 8 year sign and trade it will cost more. I think a 2nd was the ask from the Leafs to facilitate the 8 year extension for Hyman but the Oilers didn’t want to pay it. The higher the contract the more cap savings are obtained with the 8th year. I can definitely see something happening one of these years with a pending UFA.
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Particularly if the team signing and trading the player takes some salary in return allowing a cap stressed team to add the player. This would have the potential to increase the base of teams to which the player could be traded, and could be attractive to someone in Gaudreau's position if the Flames were able to help facilitate movement to a team that otherwise might not be a player for his services because of cap constraints.