You do realize you're 2.5 over the cap, right?

If Vanek was agreeable to a trade, the Wild would likely retain half his contract in exchange for a 7th rounder. That would only cost the Flyers 3.25m

Flyers want a big gritty winger. Vanek would never happen, even if he was available. Btw, your Schenn and Gudas contracts are pretty low

I read Vanek is on the list of top ten players mostly likely to be bought out this year. and I am only a couple thousand over the cap when Vinny Retires. And yeah the trade with retaining 50% of the salary would be cheaper or the flyers could just do a Streit for Vanek swap. BTW. those contracts are low because the salary cap is predicted to drop next year due to the weak canadian dollar.

also, i rather just try vanek for a year than give any of the potential free agent winger a large and long contract when this team is clearly two years away from actually contending. that is enough time to get rid of most of the bad contracts (streit, read, Schultz,) and hopefully buy out MacDonald in 2018 with two years left on his contract. And we will finally escape cap hell.