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Originally Posted by Vansmack
they still need to hit the salary cap floor. Paying .875 to get above the floor is the easiest way for them to achieve this.
You are trying to compare contracts with larger actual dollars owing to this, this is not apples to apples.
The most comparable trade they have made to a potential lucic swap IMO is:
Gostisbehere a 2nd and a 7th for Future Considerations.
Gostisbehere had two years at 4.5 mil per year (with a 2.25 million signing bonus already paid by philly)
Lucic gives them that cap with, with only paying 0.875 million for one year. Surely it would cost significantly less than a 2nd and 7th.
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This isn't like other years. Arizona is at $59.5 right now, they aren't even close to not making the floor as they were in the past. They still need to sign Crouse and a goalie. Crouse alone gets them to the cap floor.