Simpleton
Rejoint: juin 2017
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It should be readily apparent that unless the budget teams are willing to assist, neither Toronto nor Edmonton can afford to swing trades that increase their respective salaries.
For Dubas, this trade nets him a lesser offensive talent, $2,000,000 in cap space, and a 3rd round pick. Barring help from one of the aforementioned budget teams, Holland will have to give up one of the the top-ranked penalty killing forwards in the NHL last season, decide not to make a qualifying offer to one or both of Benning and Athanasiou, accept that he will have no second or third round picks in the next two drafts, and probably be forced to resign Sheahan for more than he would have been paying Khaira. The cost to the Oilers would be much greater than the return they provide to the Maple Leafs. For that reason I don't think the trade makes sense for either team.