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Bunch of bad signings and a horrible Monahan trade. Like imagine paying to move out both Monahan and Lucic but still letting Gaudreau walk

I think its a matter of Gaudreau WANTING to walk.

Well they will know if Gaudreau is gone or re-signing long before they need to move cap out. If he walks then SOL dont waste assets to move expensive cap hits to sign more expensive bottom 6 and 3rd pair players. That is entirely counterproductive

Might as well buy Monahan out if you’re retaining that much on him. Especially if JG walks.

Buying him out will cost them an extra $2mill against the cap.

Yeah next year but you’re getting no relief this year anyways with what you retained.

im not the best at math... but retaining the $2.3 mill to make the trade happens frees up $4million cap space for this coming season, so im not sure what you mean.

It’s the same cap savings this year if you buy him out - save 4m and have a 2.3m cap hit this season with a 2M cap hit next season. I’m just saying if you’re trading him with the same amount of retention as a buyout would save you I don’t necessarily see the point. Would rather up the asset you’re dumping him with and not retain at all so you can maximize cap.

Anaheim management has stated that we might be open to accepting cap dumps as long as some retention is included.