Quoting: RobbinGoods
They wouldn’t offer this to begin with. Lol
How much do we pay for a replacement player for Hank? if Hank and Glen can return a player, prospect, a first and a second. Wont the team we are trading with ask for a similar return on a “replacement player”?
Honest question. How much money do you think the Stars have left over after signing Jake and Robo?
Also for this upcoming season, do you think Nill is more likely to trade for a playoff push, or is he more likely to trade to get more prospects?
Of course Edmonton wouldn't offer this deal to begin with. It's way too lopsided in Dallas' favor.
In regards to cap space, Dallas is about $700K shy of the $11M I'm expecting to see come out for Oettinger and Robertson. This money is easy to make up when you realize that Dallas has guys like Olofsson, Peterson, and Harley that are waiver-exempt. Dallas also has Kero who they could send to the AHL through waivers. Am I saying Dallas should send the first 3 to the AHL? No, but they can paper transaction them to the minors to start the year, just long enough to either put Khudobin on LTIR ($3.3M in cap relief), or send him to the AHL ($1.25M in cap relief). Leave Samurokov in the minors, call up Butcher (7th d), Harley, Peterson, and Olofsson. Gives you a 22-man roster with $760K in cap space, assuming you don't recall Kero
And of course Nill isn't going to gut the roster for draft picks, but you're acting like the Stars are giving up vital roster pieces here, when guys like Glendening and Hakanpaa are a dime a dozen. The question you should be asking is whether or not Nill would make a trade that has minimal impact on a playoff push WHILE also adding high value draft picks in return. The answer to that question is a resounding yes. Any GM would do that.
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