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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
Assuming Brouwer even waives his NTC, would anyone consider a Smith for Brouwer swap if we retained 50% of Brouwer's salary? That's the only way I see Ottawa accepting Brouwer's contract. We add more salary, but we get rid of Brouwer's dead weight and add a younger player and inject more speed into the lineup.
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subtract 2.25M of Brouwer, add 3.25M of Smith with an additional year past Brouwer's, and hope that the supposed wheels stay on a guy who turns 30 in a few months?
it would be more efficient to just buy out Brouwer and promote a young guy from our system that actually stands a chance of getting better, or at the very least not falling off a cliff the way Brouwer did when he came on board at the same age?