[Sylvanfan]

One thing that might be a hang up is that you have a guy who has been your best player, and you have to pay part of his salary to move him to another team. If you look at recent or even past goaltender trades they might return a conditional first and later round pick. Chances are New Jersey is thinking vanacek, Michael McLeoud and a rth for him with 50% retained should get the deal done.

If the Flames want to move the contract they likely need to eat part of it. But for a guy like Edwards he might wonder why he has to pay part of a guy who can be a teams best players wage to upgrade to a conditional second round pick in a trade.