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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18

Sharks traded Hertl, Meier, Karlsson all of whom had multiple years left on their deals left, and in the case of Hertl and Meier much young and more likely to contribute on the back side of the rebuild than the Flames guys are.

Hawks traded Jones, Debrincat, McCabe, Dach, Hagel, as players with mutiple years of control / contract left.

Ducks traded Zegras, Fowler, Manson, etc with term left on their deal.

Habs traded Petry, Lehkonen (RFA), Toffoli, with either control or term left on their deal.

Rebuilding teams trade players with term left all the time.

This list is not accurate. Multiple players you listed had one year or less remaining on their contracts, including Meier and Debrincat.