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Originally Posted by Macho0978
You list the Red Wings, Canucks and Kings? That is it. Why is that the list?
Kings - I doubt they are sellers, but if they were Doughty has 1 year after this year remaining. If they sold, would they retain salary to get more for Doughty? I think they would.
Canucks - if they made Hronek available, he would be ahead of Ras by a fair amount. He is 27 and his contract expires when he is 35. Ras likely signs to he is 38 and gets more per year. I'll take Hronek
Red Wings - aren't trading Seider
NYI - why are they not on the list? Pulock and Mayfield might be good adds for cheaper and have better contracts
Seattle - Larsson and Dunn? If they decide to tank, both could be available. Dunn is a lefty, but he can play his offside
Preds - Josi? If they tank will Josi move at some point. He plays both sides
Ducks - Trouba could be a cheap pick up
Pens - Karlsson
Flyers - Risto is almost a UFA
There will be more than Ras available at the deadline. Right now, it seems only Ras is available right now with at least 3-5 teams interested.
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It's almost certain that Andersson will be the best D available for 2.275M (with 50% retained). Many of the above are on multi-year contracts and won't have salary retention (except at a very high cost). Maybe Josi or Kerlsson, but how many teams will be able to fit their salaries in, even with retention? Risto is the closest match with Andersson, but only played 2/3 the minutes and only scored 2/3 of the points that Andersson did, at a higher cap hit. Trouba is a straight cap dump, he had just one goal last season; who wants to pay even $4M (at 50% retained) for that?