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Giroux/Risto/retention is worth more than that: a 1st a year away, a late 3rd and a prospect that has 0 pts in 12 NHL games. I like Ranta, but he and a 1st a yr away MIGHT get Giroux, but not with 4mil in retention and not with Risto thrown in (with retention).
Giroux as a UFA probably gets 7mil on the open market, and he might come as low as 5.5mil on a longer (4 years?) deal, but even as a deadline deal, Giroux is worth that. I cant see PHI taking that return for those two players and retention, they'd get far more individually.