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Forum: Armchair-GMJul. 10, 2023 at 10:24 p.m.
Thread: TreeLeafing Part 2
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>MurraysGloveSide</b></div><div>Kressler alone is nowhere near enough to dump the Murray Contract. Arizona knowing the Leaf's cap situation probably demands a 2nd+. </div></div>

I don't even think it's about knowing the Leafs are painted into a corner. I don't think Arizons want the salary that comes with the contract, even if it was a 2nd+. They already have two decent goaltenders on decent contracts. The only team that can buy out Murray now is the Leafs, because they waited until after the first buyout window, and the second window only works on guys you had at the TDL. So you can't throw out a 2nd and say to another team, "He's your problem now. Just buy him out."

Someone has to pay him $6 million in real dollars in addition to eating the cap. Pretty sure it won't be Arizona. I don't think the Leafs want to give up what it would take to offload him, so they just need to bite the bullet and buy him out. Or trade someone else to make cap room and sit on him for a year without the cap penalty in 24-25.

Either way it's ugly, and teams will all tell you "Not my problem". Chicago is one of the few teams with deep pockets and cap space, but they are going to want to get paid well for the inconvenience.
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