Ryan Rishaug: “Retaining salary is an option, or taking tough contract back, but Oil should be cautious IMO to give up too much to move him. They need wingers, and if he bounces back could still be valuable. They bet on him once, why spend assets to cut bait so quickly? unless …”
Ryan Rishaug: initial thought on a potential Milan Lucic trade that he’d be hard to trade unless they took back another bad contract, but ….
1. Cap going up a notable amount opens space for teams
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