arky
Joined: Aug. 2016
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Your misconceptions are the Wings have cap so they will eat crappy contracts for nothing. My god we are in a flat cap era right now, due to Covid, revenues are down. I know the Wings make good profits, per Forbes, but they are not just going to swallow Neal's contract and Turris's contract for 1 st round pick.
You say it is a fair trade, because you unload two contracts that are really bad and you give up a 1st in a down year and a prospect. In turn you also get Mantha and Gelndening, who alot of Wings fans bag on, but he is a very good face off guy and defensive forward.
This is all kinds of bad for Wings and really good for Edmonton.
Mantha is an enigma, but if he can just bring it every game it will help his cause. Just not ready to give him up.