Rejoint: juill. 2019
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Tampa declines, and at max retention for this year and next, Ottawa would get more. Tampa would likely be able to afford Chychrun next year at 2.3, but after that they probabaly couldn't afford his next deal in the 7-7.5 range(at least, as a top pairing or high level 2nd pairing dman is going to command a large deal, especially with the rising cap). Tampa has to extend Hedman as well as some other smaller deals that offseason, so though the cap should go up to somewhere in the ~92 range, Tampa may have difficulty signing him long term. Tampa also has a solid left side(whem healthy), of Hedman, Serg and Lilleberg, and Chychrun isn't as good on the right side. He's a good player, but if Tampa does add on the blueline, spending big $ on another LD doesn't really address areas of great need. Tampa is also pretty optimistic about Howard I think, so while he's not untouchable, I don't see it for this particular trade.