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Originally Posted by Doctorfever
I would do something like;
Kadri to Colorado ($3mil retained by Calgary)
Mittelstadt and Cozens to Calgary
Buffalo gets Vegas 1st (from Calgary) 1st from Colorado and a 2nd or 3rd from Calgary.
We can afford to eat Kadri salary. If other players develop in a couple years, Mittelstadt can be moved for more futures.
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You do a trade like that and you will be moving players for futures for many years, probably a decade or so. Kadri is far and away the best player in the deal and eating 12 million in salary is probably worth a 1st round pick on its own. Mittelstadt has almost no value and we are throwing in a first. Severe overpayment by the Flames, 2 firsts, a second and Kadri for that is awful. Often times when youngish players suck and are far inferior to older players it is just because the younger players suck and the older players are better.
Another benefit of that deal is that the Flames add almost 9 million to their cap and that would likely make it more difficult to sign their young players to long term contracts. Just brutal all around.