The Athletic projects how much cap space each team will have, as well as how much of that will be allotted to RFAs:
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They traded him for cap space.
Vegas needs cap space, and goaltending is an obvious place to cut costs -- Fleury is great, don't get me wrong, but he's also 37, and his contract is up next year, whereas Lehner is 30 and his contract lasts another three years.
Now, I do question getting so little, but I suppose there's a somewhat limited market for a $7 million goalie in a flat cap environment.
Was what I was thinking too, a bit unceremonious for one of the first faces of the franchise.
Traded for free, found out through twitter. Face of the franchise and Vezina winner.... Wow.
Rather that than see him suit up for the Blackhawks tbh. What is Vegas doing?
He's also 2 or so seasons away from overtaking Roy's #2 position on the all-time wins list. And he just won the Vezina. I would find it odd if he retired even if he's not happy about the trade.
I wonder if this could potentially be part of a 3-team trade or something? The other details just haven't come out yet?
also how does a player find out about something like this through Twitter? Wouldn't MAF's agent have to be involved? or not necessarily?
No, they don't have to be involved. MAF's contract only has a modified no trade clause, so as long as the Blackhawks weren't on his list (and evidently they weren't) the team that owns his contract can do whatever they want with it.
Now, in practice it's often good to involve the player if you want them to actually play.
Who knows. Not sure what the advantage is either if the nope out is widely known, maybe required to force it.
That's McPhee's MO.
Some say they're going to make a play for Eichel.
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The Piss Knights dumped Gallant at the first sign of trouble, so getting rid of MAF probably shouldn't be as surprising as it is.
Also Schmidt and Stastny soon after his deal. Classless franchise.
How often do teams end up buying out a fucking two-year contract?
Cap hit is now $2m next year. Brilliant
This is a good contract, I think
This Vegas news has me positively glowing today. They take their most beloved player, who was critical to their ridiculously successful start to the franchise, and unceremoniously dump him off to a team with no interest in competing right now. An absolute insult to a guy basically everybody loves.
It's just great when the teams you already hate go out of their way to look bad.
It's just great when the teams you already hate go out of their way to look bad.
These salary and signing bonus structure are kind of a joke. I don't know how it effects all the caps and etc, but a glance of $1m for Ovie is silly.
Poor MAF, and I never thought anyone would get me to say that ever. Definitely lost a lot of respect for Vegas with that move.
Good. I want him to do it so badly.