Quoting: MJOHNSON1201
Which Cap floor team our you thinking? He still will have a NTC for 8 teams. So he could deny a trade to a lot of the Cap Floor teams. My best guess those 8 teams will at least include Ottawa, Arizona, NJD, FLA, Van and he will still get to pick 3 others. CBJ might be a an option if they dont retain any of their UFAs (they are also low on picks). All I am saying is it still might be hard to find a trade partner.
Think of it as a 3-way trade, but for retention reasons it's two separate deals. Backes would know ahead of time his final destination and would waive. For example...
To ARZ - Backes + Cehlarik + mid pick/prospect
To BOS - depth player or late pick or older under achieving prospect
To MIN - Backes @ 50% retained
To ARZ - Pick/prospect
-Boston gets cap space
-Arizona gets $3 million in dead cap (only paying $1.25 mill) + picks/prospects
-Minnesota gets Backes @ 50% retained
^That's the framework of how you move Backes using a cap floor team.