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Originally Posted by Bearcat
Fleury traded to the Blackhawks... wonder if there was something between him and DeBoer, given the idiocy with splitting time in the playoffs and now trading him for almost nothing. Probably could have gotten more at the deadline from a team needing a playoff rental.  |
Vegas desperately needs the cap space to resign some players (Nosek, Janmark, Martinez) so having Fleury was a luxury they couldn't afford. What is wild to me is that the reigning Vezina trophy winner is traded for absolutely nothing due to so many teams not being able to afford Fleury's 7 mill cap hit.
I think the NHL needs to seriously evaluate their cap system and make some changes to allow teams more flexibility. Something along the lines as 1 compliance buy-out per 2 seasons with no cap implications would be something maybe the NHL and NHLPA could agree on.