Which is why I'm surprised the Flyers were willing to retain 50% of Hayes' cap hit for the remaining 3 seasons in exchange for a 6th round pick. Obviously not the same scenario as the bolded, and Hayes certainly isn't worth a first round pick but one would think they could have done a little better. (Unless they had a better deal lined up and the team was on his NTC list)
Aside from that, if Ottawa goes the trade route its going to be costly. The other 31 GMs know they're in a bind and have limited options.
there is a fundamental difference if a team is unloading their own doing vs being a middle man broker
a factor is perceived need. Need to create cap space to be cap compliant is an obvious one.
for example, buffalo acquired LTIR player right after the Eichel trade. Reason they didnt do it before was that they wouldn’t get a higher cost player in return Like they got in Tuch.
if Ottawa was just moving him without the tarasenko talk after Debrincat trade they might have a lower ask From teams to take him.
when it comes to retained sakary on a broker…people on here don’t seem to understand the real dollar amount. At the deadline minnesota retained on ROR because his real dollars was way low given a $1M salary for season. Tarasenko had a near 6x the amount of money owed.
players with term it’s much different and still tied to real dollars owed.
