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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Hard to say, but I could see Lucic waiving his NTC if asked. He allowed himself to be exposed in the expansion draft after all.
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Wasn't the exposure in the expansion draft part of the deal to get him out of Edmonton? Dude would have exposed himself to a lot worse lol.
Going to Arizona on his last year on his contract with no reason to assume he would be there beyond a one-and-done (and likely closer to being traded again at the deadline) might not be super appealing.
However, if he would waive to Arizona and the Flames owners are okay paying his 3M bonus and then trading him, I think the Coyotes would actually be willing to pay a decent amount.
They are currently over 10M from the floor because players like Kessel and Stralman are UFAs. With only Crouse, Hayton and Fischer as notable RFAs, they could be looking at a floor team if they don't get a notable UFA or two. But then that also means they can't trade players like Gost or make a big future move for Chyrchun without taking back salary to get back over the floor which actually reduces their flexibility. Lucic being paid league minimum but putting them out of dangerzone of the floor would give them flexibility and/or a payroll that could be significantly below the actual salary floor.