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Originally Posted by Macho0978
They don't need to. They can turn it around way before this contract is up. Oilers will be some good if they retain 50% salary. Not worth an extra late first IMO. There not Arizona
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The league seems to have settled on $6M being worth a 1st round pick in value. The Predators are clearly changing direction to some degree. Weaponizing cap-space that they don't plan on using would be the smart thing to do, it doesn't matter who they're using it for. Trading Ekholm speaks to a pretty big change in direction/desire to get younger.
I doubt Nashville is retaining, but it would make sense to me.