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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Ottawa: Norris - 6 x $7.95M
I do wonder if the Flames would have interest in either of those young centers that fit the under 25 age range Conroy was looking for. Norris is riskier due to his injury history but has a higher potential, Kotkaniemi I would be perfectly fine with on that deal even if he plateaus as a 40 point guy.
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I'd take Norris if they retain, but I doubt there's interest in that by the Sens.
Not that we need the cap room, I just don't see him as an $8mil player, so it'd be tough to flip him if we ever decided to.
But adding another C in that age range makes a lot of sense as a stop gap until our current & upcoming additional prospects are ready for big minutes years down the road. If Norris was ~ok~, and slid down to a 3rd line C role by the time we had shiny new toys stepping in in 3-5yrs, with the cap approaching or over $100mil then I don't think we'd really care, especially if he was only say $6mil.
Or he ends up on LTIR/retiring early because he can't stay healthy.
If we can get him for cheap, I don't think there's much downside, not like he's blocking the door to someone else or handcuffing us cap-wise with the amount of space we have this year and the next handful of years too.