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Originally Posted by Vinny01
The Flyers did prioritize getting cap relief as part of their deal. I just heard Friedman say that a lot of teams fans are upset how cheap the Kraken just acquired Marchment. The cap dump was a rental they flipped so it was 2nd, 3rd, tweener who was a former first rounder and ppg AHL player.
I don’t think the Flames would just be able to dump the money and get some value back but he could definitely have some value where salary is being exchanged both ways.
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Value of the player and the strategy of the GM factor in this as well. I have said many times that the Flames value the return in the trade over increasing the value of their 1st by making trades sooner. Briere has shown he thinks the same way I do.
Flyers after the trade
10-15-4. Not a ton worse, but worse after the trade. They get 6th pick by taking action in January rather than March. They dumped Kuzmenko too.
6-11-2 after the trade deadline.
Maybe the could have got more, but they got 6th pick by taking action earlier.. They could have got 12th pick if the waited to trade Frost and Farabee in the summer when the cap was going up and their value might increase with extra cap space.
I do prefer Briere's strategy, but maybe Conroy flips Farabee for good value 5 month later.