BOLT LOVER
Joined: Dec. 2018
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Gourde is a fine 4th liner .. he COULD be a 3rd liner for other teams. As we ALL know his contract is for a top 6 guy which he NEVER was. On his contract .. his NTC is really just for 2 more years (2022) then its modified where he picks 22 teams he OK being traded to. So really this NTC is just 2 years. (NOTE: Jonhson is similar in that his full NTC stops after next year (2021) and he can be exposed in expansion draft or traded to 20 teams) ..
Soooo the issue is does Tampa "firesale" these guys now with their consent or waive them or just wait to modified NTCs kick in .. the big issue is the 3 RFAs we have .. we MAY take advantage of lower AAVs for a wildly high 3rd year total ( like 2M/3M/10M) .. the AAV is the same but player would be a higher amount for year 4 .. I really think Cernek is reluctantly traded with Gourde to Detroit.. solves all the issues