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Originally Posted by ComixZone
On the Bob McCown episode with Tree, Tree made mention that they had another opportunity that dried up before trading Monahan to Montreal.
…could have been the Looch deal?
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Almost certainly. I think that's as close to a confirmation of the rumour as we'll ever get.
The Kadri signing was announced on the 18th, but Treliving said they had the deal finalized, pending the Flames being able to free the cap space, about a week prior, which would be the 11th. The Lucic to Boston rumour started picking up steam on the 12th.
I'm curious what the deal would have been. The Flames couldn't afford to retain salary on the deal because they needed to clear it all and the Bruins don't have any room to acquire his full cap hit either. A third team, such as Arizona or Anaheim, would almost-certainly have been needed. I wonder if it would have been the Flames trading Looch to ARI/ANA along with a draft pick (probably not the first they sent to Montreal) and Boston sending a player/cap to ARI/ANA for Looch at 50% retained?