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Forum: Armchair-GM26 avr. à 2 h 20
Forum: NHL Trades3 juill. 2022 à 14 h 12
Sujet: (TBL/NSH) - McDonagh for Myers, Mismash
This is a good trade for both sides.

The trade is McDonagh for cap space. That's it. Mismash has little to no value. Tampa is almost certainly going to buyout the contract of Myers. Because Myers contract is backloaded, Tampa will get a cap credit this season of roughly 600k at the expense of 600k in dead cap being on the books in 23-24, which means a buyout is cap neutral with the bonus that they get a bit of cap help this season when they likely value it more.

At 33 years old, McDonagh had a NTC, term, and a reasonable sized cap hit. So it isn't surprising that Tampa accepted a trade that amounts to giving him away for nothing. Given the context, they got off easy. Which isn't to say McDonagh is a bad player, he clearly isn't, but Tampa was backed into a corner.

Good trade for both sides. While Nashville saves a bit of money on the Myers buyout, this essentially boils down to a UFA signing for them since they gave nothing away.