lol no chance NSH does that

edit: ok so there is a change there -- BUF is retaining $4m on both Johansen and Duchene? Not to mention Skinner at $4.5m? Is that what you're saying?

I meant to say BUF eats the money on the contracts it's updated now

I’m losing brain cells just trying to break down the trades, let alone this entire ACGM.

There is zero chance BUF is retaining $12.5m for 4 years -- $8.5m in year 5 -- and $4.5m in year 6. That's just wild!

Same here

No. Buffalo isn't trading Skinner with eichel to lower eichels return. And we aren't retaining 50 percent of his contract. He can stay her making 9 million. We have no need for cap space

And we are retaining duchene and Ryan jo, **** that

The buy out is cheaper

Wouldnt even be possible as teams are alloted only 3 retained contracts and can only retain a max of $12.225 mill. Hes over on both with Skinner, RyJo, and Duchene (and Miller as the 4th body)

what

Buffalo is not doing that, obviously. There's no way in hell you're getting Eichel AND gaining tens of millions in cap space across years. I mean, really.

An idea of Nashville trading for Eichel and including Johansen or Duchene, isn't bad.
Then Buffalo can potentially retain enough on one of those players to extract positive value and additional assets from a 3rd team in a flip.

Is Nashville willing to pay the price for Eichel?
Would they get enough in the flip to justify the retention?
Who would pay a decent price for Duchene/Johansen and makes sense as the 3rd party?

This is crazy lol