This trade is assuming the Bruins really can't trade Backes without giving up too much (Toronto couldn't move Marleau so odds are Boston can't either).
Bruins need as much cap-space as possible to re-sign their RFA's, they'll save 1.4M this year. Bruins only save 333K if they buyout Backes so this is the lesser of all evils.
Habs have the cap-space to take on Backes' higher cap-hit for 1 season. The following year we have to re-sign Gallagher, Danault, Tatar, Lehkonen, Armia, KK, Petry (i assume a few will be moved) so we're probably gonna need that 4.6M from Alzner's contract. Also, Backes is a pretty massive upgrade on Thompson for the 4th line.. that doesn't hurt either.
Thoughts?
Bruins need as much cap-space as possible to re-sign their RFA's, they'll save 1.4M this year. Bruins only save 333K if they buyout Backes so this is the lesser of all evils.
Habs have the cap-space to take on Backes' higher cap-hit for 1 season. The following year we have to re-sign Gallagher, Danault, Tatar, Lehkonen, Armia, KK, Petry (i assume a few will be moved) so we're probably gonna need that 4.6M from Alzner's contract. Also, Backes is a pretty massive upgrade on Thompson for the 4th line.. that doesn't hurt either.
Thoughts?
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