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Originally Posted by Nelson
The Rangers have a pretty good cap situation. The Canucks have much less space. So, maybe the Flames could retain some of the salary the Rangers are sending the Canucks? Or maybe the Flames could take a player from the Rangers?
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I don't see how the Flames get involved. The Rangers do not have great trade targets for a Miller trade. Both teams are wanting to be competitive now and would be more interested in a hockey trade than acquiring futures.
I assume that the Rangers are trying to swap Zibanejad for Miller and see if both players can get back on track in a new market. The cap hits are similar but Zibanejad is 500K bigger.
Maybe the Canucks are trying for Trocheck? That would free up some cap space to make another move by the deadline.
There is no way the Flames would waste 5-6 salary retention slots to make that better for the Canucks. Aside from Zibanejad, I do not really see a cap dump that the Rangers need to make. Rangers do need to acquire an upgrade on LD though...