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Originally Posted by JohnDONsey
They may actually trade Karlsson (among other good players) because their owner is a cheap ass who already has to pay ~20+ mil to bums like Duchene, Ryan, and Phaneuf.
Karlsson's gonna get 10+ M once his contract is up next offseason. Melnyk isn't gonna give that to him. Just wonder who would trade for him. Would absolutely love for the Rangers to be in on that, although I imagine the price would be ungodly.
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Tough situation... Trading for high end pending UFAs usually means negotiating a contract extension before trading. No matter what, any team trading for him would be giving up a huge part of their future in high end picks and prospects, not to mention the impact to their cap situation.
With Doughty and Karlsson beating their chests recently, saying they're going to get as much as they can on the open market, this reduces their trade value in a sense since other teams know their current teams are in a pickle to extend them and they have no loyalty to their current teams vs. $$$.
Melnyk needs to decide if he wants to do a deep dive rebuild, or, let things play out as they are, while in a Canadian Market that can't even sell out their playoff games. Tough situation...
As a Leaf fan, with some glaring needs on defense, I wouldn't even be sniffing around Karlsson or Doughty. Both teams will be far more desperate to get far less for them next year. Even then, the cap damage would be hard to defend.