If the Sabres are going to move on him this season, I think I’d rather retain 50% and pay another team to retain 50% to facilitate a trade. Puckpedia values $2.5Mx3 in cap relief as being worth the 25OA. The 25OA is roughly equivalent to two 2nds. Paying around two 2nds to avoid having a $6.444M in dead cap in 26-27 and $2.444M from 27-28 to 29-30 (when Peterka, Quinn, Benson, and Power will no longer be on ELCs) seems preferable to me. Maybe you get lucky and the team acquiring Skinner at $2.25Mx3 kicks in some assets, lowering the cost of moving him.
Alex29992
Do it. Make the team better now and worry about the cap when you cross that bridge like every other good team does
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Put him on ltir like the leafs did with lupul
If the Sabres are going to move on him this season, I think I’d rather retain 50% and pay another team to retain 50% to facilitate a trade. Puckpedia values $2.5Mx3 in cap relief as being worth the 25OA. The 25OA is roughly equivalent to two 2nds. Paying around two 2nds to avoid having a $6.444M in dead cap in 26-27 and $2.444M from 27-28 to 29-30 (when Peterka, Quinn, Benson, and Power will no longer be on ELCs) seems preferable to me. Maybe you get lucky and the team acquiring Skinner at $2.25Mx3 kicks in some assets, lowering the cost of moving him.
Do it. Make the team better now and worry about the cap when you cross that bridge like every other good team does
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