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Originally Posted by Bonded
I don't think they missed much. I think they would have had to take back cap they couldn't afford or take a discount on the return. Term isn't attractive to teams if it will cause cap issues they have to fix in the summer.
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Flames retain 50% on any of Toffoli, Backlund and Lindholm and they are the most valuable assets of the trade deadline.
Tampa Bay has started a new trend where trading for guys like Coleman, Hagel, etc that had 2 years of term left with lower salary has been a huge benefit.
Now if they are unwilling to retain then that is a different question, and would be a mistake by the organization. You need to retain to maximize the value of the assets you're moving.