Lucic for Perry - Thoughts

Équipe: 2018-19 Oilers d'Edmonton

Date de création initiale: 26 mars 2019

Publié: 26 mars 2019

Mode - plafond salarial: Basique

My thinking is that Anaheim might be interested in trading a high cap hit (Perry - 2 years left at $8.6M) for a lower cap hit at longer term (Lucic - 4 years left at $6M). Both players have no movement clauses, but I think Lucic would waive it to return to California and Perry might be tempted to play with McDavid. I hate to add JJ Khaira to this trade but I think the Ducks want to get younger, and he's a solid young player on a cheap contract that might entice them. If you make the trade after Lucic gets his $3M bonus on July 1st it makes this deal financially appealing to the Ducks cause they only pay $3M in base salary in 2019-20 as opposed to Perry's $8M. Lucic might rediscover himself in Anaheim, while Perry is still a better option for the top 6F in Edmonton (at worst, he can play on PP). Even if Perry is a bust after one year, it's better to buy-out the last year of his contract than 4 years for Lucic. If Perry continues with injury problems, we'd get LTIR. No salary is retained by either team. Thoughts?