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lol. Zero chance CHI does that.

I think that $8 million in retention costs more than a future third. Maybe Petry would like to play in The Windy City?

Start by taking Barabanov out of the deal. Pittsburgh has enough trouble putting together a sufficient package for Karlsson with big retention, never mind a 0.75 PPG forward too; you might get a prospect or some window-dressing but not Barabanov. O'Connor is a fourth-line forward with limited trade value and Poulin hasn't shown that he's an NHLer yet, so he has virtually none; Mike Grier isn't sitting in his office saying "Boy, I sure would like to land Pierre-Olivier Joseph" or "Boy, I sure would like to land Jeff Petry."

You, nor anyone on this board, has any concept of leverage or lack thereof.

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Yeah, no way Davidson is tying up a retention spot and 8 mil in cap over 4 years for a 3rd. They got a 2nd for taking less than half that cap and didn’t burn a retention spot doing it.