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-Agreeing with the Yotes fan saying Arizona passes. 25 decent games doesn't flip Timmins' value from "traded for an AHL goon" to "3rd round value". I think he's more valuable to Toronto as young cheap depth, so not sure why the Leafs would just move him out for a future.
-Chicago passes. I don't think Jarnkrok is a cap dump necessarily, but I think Chicago would treat him like one - I don't think a guy who'll be 32 on opening night and has 3x$2.1M is an asset they'd target. There's just not enough here for them to absorb both that deal & Murray's $4.6875M. Murray alone should cost a 2nd based on other dumps this summer; Robertson is made of glass and has minimal value right now, and a 3rd & 4th is not equal to a 2nd.
-Such an easy pass for the Flames. Right off the bat, there's no cap room there - Calgary currently has $1.475M in cap space, with Lindholm on the last year of a $4.85M deal and Nylander on a $6.9M deal. Even without any retention this deal would put Calgary over the cap by about $600K. I also think you can make the case that Lindholm is just as valuable as Nylander - he plays center and has 3 top-10 Selke finishes, and scored at a 0.9 PPG the past 2 seasons; Nylander scored at a 1.02 PPG pace in the same time frame. I don't see why Calgary would have to retain *and* add picks in to make this work.