AddyTheWrath
Registered User
Another team might have an internal cap and be able to spend 1.5 million on a defenseman but not 2.5, for example. We could trade them Russell and sign a UFA defenseman that would be asking for more. Not a completely unlikely scenario.You just said why it’s difficult to trade Russell - “If we could trade Russell we should, and sign someone as good or better for less cap. ”.
Why would your rival GM trade for Russell when they could do the exact same thing?
Also I said we need Russell if Klefbom was not coming back. I didn’t think we were getting rid of Russell this off season anyway. Between the high cap hit, his NTC, and Covid enforced cap floors on other teams we would have to give up a valuable asset in addition that we have precious few of to give up, if even that were possible.
Also, two GMs might not value the same player equally.