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Originally Posted by bluejays
Re: Huberdeau, I'm sure there are a handful of GMs who would take the contract off our hands. However, knowing the business world and how these guys operate, I bet Murray thinks he has the greatest asset on hand and would not accept dealing him for a severe discount. To get equal value is next to impossible given his off-year, but I would estimate there are a handful who would bet on reviving him in their system. Personally, I think the downside of 7 years is daunting and I'd love to move any of them with those long contracts (Kadri, Coleman, Markstrom). Losing those for pennies on the dollar is much better than the strong possibility of being strapped with those contracts for hockey eternity in the cap world.
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You have to ice a team. And you have to, at a minimum, spend to the floor. There are always going to be bad contracts, but dumping them for pennies on the dollar, as opposed to being patient, is terrible asset management.