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Originally Posted by bluejays
Great points. I think the answer of taking on bad contracts is a great problem to have. You deal all those 3 for 1sts+more, then take on bad contracts for more high picks. That way there becomes a good stable of young guys to come in, expediting the rebuild while also dealing some of those picks for picks further out if we have enough. Personally I think it as a win win. The fans would presumably support the team if they see a bright future through the draft.
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You would need somebody who has a bad contract, does not have cap space and wants to move a high pick to get the cap space. If they don’t have a cap space problem then it is the Flames who need the contract. Suspect negotiations where it is the Flames who need the contract are more around the Flames moving out a draft pick to acquire the contract than it is a team attaching a high pick to get the contract.
Take Josh Anderson. The Habs have no salary space problems for next year so they do not need to move him. However they may move him if they are getting a 3rd round pick back because they could possibly use that space to get a big name UFA. But they already have almost 28 million to sign 7 players with most of those players being cheap RFAs so they probably only give us that bad contract if they are getting an asset back because the Flames need the contract more than the Habs need to get rid of it.