2023 Wings - Getting to the cap floor

Monahan is not a 4C when healthy and it wont cost assets to move him. You want Lucic and a 2nd? Sure. Not paying to move Monahan though

How are you going to resign both Tkachuk and Gaudreau if you're not willing to add a sweetener to trade Monahan?

While I agree Monahan isn't a 4C, the reality of your cap situation is that you may have to add a sweetener (2nd round pick) to unload Monahan's contract. Just because we have Cap space, we aren't interested in hooking teams up with a get out of jail free card.

And no....no we do not want Lucic.

The thing is he isn't healthy and if they want to sign Gaudreau and keep their core together they will need to move him this summer. Seems like a reasonable price to pay to move his cap hit.

What would you give up if wings took both lucic and Monahan with no cap retention?

Monahan isn't healthy this offseason and you have to move him in less than a month if you want to re-sign your guys. Monahan's play in the last three NHL seasons hasn't been 2C level play. He is a massive risk even with only one year left on his contract. I don't see teams lining up to pay for Monahan's services. Maybe someone like Arizona just wants to hit the cap floor and gives you a late pick, but they probably have better options for hitting the cap floor.