hockeytown9321
Registered User
- Jun 18, 2004
- 2,358
- 0
s7ark said:1. Why does this trade not happen?
Just curious.
I don't know for certain it wouldn't. I'm taking an educated guess based on the way trades are conducted in the NFL. But, I don't think so because the salaries were not exactly matched. I don't have the numbers in front of me, but the Red Wings actually shed payroll through the trade. Primeau and Coffey most likey would have put Harford over their hypothetical cap, so they would have needed to part with someone else with a decent salary (they did also give Detroit Brian Glynn, but he never saw the light of day in Detroit), in turn they would have requested more from Detroit, and if Detroit doesn't get rid of someone else, they can't fit Shanahan and whoever else under the cap.
Heres another from the same year: Detroit trades nothing to Toronto for Larry Murphy. Toronto pays a good portion of his salary for 2 years, but all of his salry would have counted against Detroit's cap so there's no way they could have done it. Again, not a salary dump, Toronto could easily afford Murphy's deal, but were desperate to get rid of him. Any team in the League could have gotten the deal Detroit did. He was a very solid addition and was great with Lidstrom in the Finals against Lindros. Whats wrong with that type of trade? Or the Islanders trade of Dave Lewis to LA for Buthc Goring in 1980? Or any of a hundred deals teams on the cusp of winning make to put them over the top or just to add depth.