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Originally Posted by Jiggy
Marleau with a 6.2 million dollar cap hit was traded with a first round pick to the Hurricanes before the Monahan deal. So a first round pick is the bar if someone is taking on 6 millionish.
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Purely dead cap vs potentially useful and contributing player. They're not equivalent, proven by Montreal's ability to turn around and extract value out of Monahan a year later.
Markstrom is more similar to Monahan here, which is why we are asking for a lot. But IMO NJ don't see it the same way as they won't look to trade Markstrom just ride him out.