LongtimeLeafsufferer
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Michalek: No I'm not nitpicking. He has a total NMC, no buyout, no send to Marlies agreement. So 4 milliion in cap is not nitpicking. RFAs can be offered 1.28m on an offer sheets without compensation so if players are going to part of your top 6 defence, this is would probably be their miniminal value.
Chris Pronger was injured and traded to Arizona. Why, Flyers had no cap room, and by making a deal with Arizona, Arizona took the cap hit. Pronger had signed as a plus 35+ player.
The trouble with Lupul, and I would say other aging players is that after injuries they slow down and might not be up to their old standards. But they can still be medically cleared to play and therefore on the roster.
You can almost be sure with Lupul is at some time he is going on LTIR during the season, which makes him more value cap wise to remain a Leaf as opposed to buying him out.