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Originally Posted by jayswin
Not to mention, it appears that Lucic was the trade piece to open up cap space for a Kadri signing, and a pivot to Monahan happened when that fell through. Left very little time and options (due to his no trade clause) to get something done with Monahan.
Who knows, it may have still taken a first even if Brad was working on it all summer, but circumstances basically necessitated a first round price.
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Was lucic really the trade piece? I have a hard time believing any club was looking for a $5 million 4th liner that can’t score. The only rumours I remember was lucic went to a wedding with a bunch of bruins and for some reason some media took that to mean they might get the old gang back together again. Mony costing a 1st to get rid of the full cap hit was not a surprising cost. I would have thought lucic being traded at full cap hit would have cost a 1st also