Show me examples of returns for salary dumps over the last season, not 2-3 years ago when teams were cap constrained?
Dumping Laine cost CBJ a 2nd rd pick, but he has a $8.7Mx2 cap hit.
That's about the only "pure' dump I could find the last year or so, most dumps now are part of deals to balance out cap hits, because with a rising cap teams are no longer desperate to clear cap.
Peterson and Johansen were probably worth a 3rd at most as cap dumps.
With a flat cap, Ghost and Stralman cost a 2nd to dump with similar cap hits.
No one is giving up a 1st to dump salary anymore.