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Originally Posted by butterfly
It doesn’t have to be Montreal. I’m sure more teams would have been interested in a retained salary deal for Monahan.
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Montreal took Monny for one reason only; they got a first round pick out of the deal.
Monny was not a player anyone particularly coveted. He was only movable because a first round pick was attached. Even if the Flames retained 50%, likely no one wanted him because there are better players available on the UFA market at that amount and less.
And a 50% retention would not have allowed the Flames to sign Kadri.
You are undervaluing the cost of cap space these days.
And looking at Monny with old glasses.
I have no doubt that Treliving explored other avenues to clearing cap, such as moving Lucic. We can assume those other deals were not available.