SeaOfBlue
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- Aug 1, 2013
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But it isnt worth it.. removing dowling and ferland they are 81.75 i think.. with one extra i think
So waive poolman and dickinson for 2.25.. still not enough room. Plus paying dickpool 2.75 million to play on the farm and kerfoots 750k.. is 3.5 million in dead cap spent (plus the 2.25 they save on the cap but is money owed)
They end up paying 3.5 million for kerfoot essentially on nhl ice plau giving up picks which is simply what i was referring to
I dont see it
Why would they need to waive Poolman? Sure they could waive and bury Dickinson (they may do that anyways), and it would be even better if someone claimed him since he is negative value, but if they sent down Hoglander and Burroughs, they are cap compliant.
If they can move one of Dickinson or Pearson, they have enough cap space for their extras, they can play a few more of their prospects, and they can afford Kerfoot who would be a strong upgrade to their lineup (at least over Pearson and Dickinson). Saves them a fair bit of real money and helps them compete for the playoffs, which they may seriously be able to do with that lineup.
EDIT: They will also have a few guys hitting LTIR to start the season beyond Ferland, so they could even afford to wait a bit on trading Pearson or Dickinson if they wanted to. Boeser is out for a few weeks. Mikheyev is week-to-week. Dowling and Dermott have serious injuries. Also is another strong justification to adding Kerfoot, since he can mitigate some of those issues right now.
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