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Originally Posted by butterfly
LeBrun says we cheaped out on getting a 1st rounder by not taking back Johansen or Ceci? That is pretty bad if true.
What good is cap space going to do for us next year if we don't use it to buy picks?
Tanev probably had Edmonton on his no-trade list, but Colorado too? I suppose it's possible but I can't imagine why he wouldn't want to go there.
Maybe the scouts really love Grushnikov; I hope so.
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It's not cheaping out at all though.
2nd + Grushnikov + Conditional 3rd is pretty close in value to a 1st without taking on the bad contract.
Ceci is a $3.25M cap dump, Johansen was a $4M cap dump...that alone is worth a second and there is an opportunity cost to eating that cap for next year that has to be factored in.
Those teams wanted the Flames to do them a favour and the Flames didn't bite, has nothing to do with being cheap, has to do with these teams not paying the price associated with taking the cap dump.