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I think we'll see a lot more of bad cap for bad cap trades. If you can't dip into free agency, you have to plug a roster need somehow. Trading guys with a bad contract for a guy in a similar situation on another team at another position, is a way to plug holes while being mostly cap neutral.
I could see that. I'm actually a little surprised that Detroit bailed out the Rangers with the Staal thing...especially for a second round pick next year. I feel like the bad teams should really be forcing the hands of good teams with their cap at this point. Maybe that is what is going on and why we are at a stalemate, I don't know.