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Petry has a 15 team NTC and his family is from Detroit--which is why he engineered the trade to Detroit to twilight his career....he won't waive it.
Even if NYR aren't on that list...Trouba is too expensive for Detroit (Petry's cap hit is only 2.344M for Detroit vs Trouba's cap hit of 8M).
Detroit's cap space is a mirage. Detroit has about $28M in cap space for 9 players....however, it is probably going to take $16M for Seider and Raymond leaving 12M for 7 players. 2 of those spots will be filled by low cost players from their AHL team meaning about 10.25M for 5 players. They will probably trade some vets and get back to 16M for 7 players.
It would make more sense for Detroit to go after Tyler Myers (whose 1/2 brother, Quentin Grimes, plays for the Detroit Pistons so his mom could watch both her sons play at the same arena) in UFA if they wanted a less expensive similar player.