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Originally Posted by Macho0978
The playoff salary cap, LTIR and salary retention rules make the cap hit of a player more important than ever.
Bischel has 2 years left on his ELC and if he is a positive contributor with upside at less than $1M, no way they trade him for Ras. Ras contract demands probably have increased with the recent signings. He might be looking for more than $9M now.
Ras has value under his current contract and more value if we retain salary, but Bourque and Bischel have big value for Dallas as well as they could be very positive contributors for next to no cap hit.
I think we need to look at prospects not on the team and 1sts. I just don't see why Dallas gives up 2 good players on ELCs.
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If Bourque and/or Bischel become positive contributors to the Stars then the Stars are going to have to move them soon anyway. They have no room to give these guys raises with their current cap structure and there is no room for Bischel to advance beyond the third pair. He is going to want out sooner or later to show he is a "top 4" or "top pair" guy.
Then again, the Stars also have no way to add Andersson without sending cap space back, even if there is retention on Andersson.
Probably also worth mentioning, Bischel is still on his ELC which has $500K in performance bonuses that could further muck up the Stars tight cap situation. I am not sure exactly how it works but if he hits his performance bonus doesn't that go against their cap next year?