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Gourde isn't waiving his ntc, he's happy here in Tampa and should be a solid middle 6 player for the next few years. It doesn't make sense for Carolina either as they don't need to add cap in a trade atm. Furthermore, Tampa could not resign Faulk, nor should they with the core they should have going forward(Hedman, McD, Serg, Cernak and Foote is a good dcore). The trade would only save Tampa 340k anyway, no huge savings. I'm fine trading or burying Rutta, as that saves either 1.3 or 1.075 million and Schenn is a better fit as a 7D anyway. Point is never getting 10 million on this contract, but trading or burying Rutta does allow Brisebois to give him around 8 or so and still have the 1.36 available for performance bonuses, which can't roll over to next year given the more difficult cap situation then.