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Originally Posted by kyuss275
I don’t buy that flames wouldn’t have to add a sweetener for lucic . Every report is some teams would take cap space but it will cost. Yet for somehow the flames would be an exception? There are other routes that teams could take to reach cap floor. Flames don’t have any other route when it comes to lucic. Also if they could have traded lucic without a sweetener the flames probably would have already done it. I love lucic but $5 million for a 4th liner is on no teams desires even with intangibles .
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Treliving won’t move lucic until he has another deal in place to bring in another player. Lucic still brings value to the team and moving him out without having a replacement piece weakens the team. So until Treliving comes up with a deal that requires moving salary out, I don’t think anything will happen with lucic.
Monahan on the other hand will require some creativity. Seravalli said there were teams that would take him on but hard to see how it happens in the current market. Only way I can see him going out is if we take some money back. Have to hope a team thinks he can bounce back. Probably looking at a non contender who have some dead money that they might bury in minors (like a John Moore in Anaheim). Or another player coming off a tough season or injury (Jonathan Drouin, Paul Byron, Donskoi, etc). Probably ideal to take someone back with only 1 year on deal. You might get a taker for mony if you take on a player with lower hit but an extra year (Lebanc, Tyler Johnson?). Might be the difference in being able to bring in a player this year who can help but require cap gymnastics next year. And have to wonder if Johnny is asking the Columbus GM to bring his buddy over with him.