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Forum: Armchair-GMThu. at 2:06 p.m.
Thread: What could we get to take on Bob
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Isles5513</b></div><div>I think more teams would be interested in Reinheart tbh. I can envision a scenario where the panthers trade him for a pick and a young player on their ELC.</div></div>

Maybe. I don't think that's the type of move Florida makes though-they're a (very solid) contender, and making their roster worse by selling off a player is a pretty rare thing for a contender to do, especially since the old Blackhawk days. It's why I always get a hoot out of the (please note: The Leafs are being used here as an example, only because these trades are some of the most common) "Trade Holl/Kerfoot types for picks without actually adding anything to your roster and thinking you could be *better* next year" type moves. Panthers showed at the deadline that they don't really care about picks, and nor should they. Their window is open right now, and they should do everything in their power to improve their team.
Forum: Armchair-GMTue. at 3:17 p.m.
Thread: Is this a fair trade
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>Habsfan76</b></div><div>Dallas and Montreal are two teams at different stages. Although they haven’t said they want to go through a full rebuild, they’ve also traded away Weber Toffoli Chariot and Lehkonen. Hughes also said he wanted to trade Petry. All these signs show that they want to younger.

Dallas on the other hand haven’t shown any signs of retooling or rebuilding. With good young pieces already in the NHL and key veterans such as Pavelski Benn and Seguin (yes overpaid), they seem to want to continue to compete for a playoff spot and acquire talent that can be brought into the equation immediately.

This is a type of deal that can fill both teams need, where Montreal gets cap relief and futures, while Dallas gets a top 4 Dman where a 3 year deal isn’t as risky in comparison to the 7-8 year deals that get given out consistently (Eg. Lindholm for Boston).</div></div>

But it is risky when you're about to pay J-Rob and Oettinger...Say those two get around $12 mil (based on bridge $7 for J-Rob and $5 x term for Oettinger). That leaves approximately $7 mil in cap space. You add Petry, but subtract Dobie for 1 year ($3.2 mil, leaves you with approximately $3.8 mil in space).

Now you've got a roster of 18 players, $3.8 mil in cap space, and haven't actually improved the lineup. You also leave yourself in a situation where you've got a total of $20 mil in space for 2023-24, with only 11 players signed. Doesn't really lend itself well to an actual upgraded lineup.

Regarding Linholm though-He'll be 35 in the last year of his deal. You buy prime years knowing that the aging curve works the same way for 99% of players. Again, like I said above, there's always a chance that some dummy does something dumb, I just don't think that Dallas is as easy of a target as the consistent "Petry to Dallas" threads seem to think.
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