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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Flames fans saw first hand how hard it is to complete trades even if teams are willing (see Markstrom and Devils) as there are now so many variables with half the league capped out. In Kuzmenko we are talking about a guy that had only one year left on is deal and still the Canucks basically moved him as a cap dump which shows that the level of interest in him was not overly high. What makes you think an older Kuzmenko in his 30's with one or two years left on a $4-5 million/season deal is going to be easily movable?
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Capfriendly estimates the cap will be $92M in two years.
Not to belabour a point, but a bottom-3 powerplay is knocking on the door of Maple Leafs level efficiency, and it isn’t because of Miromanov.
Now, maybe you don’t sign him in the summer - if you have time, use it.
But I’d be shocked if many players in that room don’t want him back long term.