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Doc Halladay
What I don’t get is why Trouba and his reps haven’t tried getting a short term bridge deal in the $3.5 range. A contract at $3.5 million is much, much, much easier to trade mid-season than a long term contract worth north of $5 million. When Turris held out, he eventually signed a 2 year deal worth $2.8 million. That’s why he was able to be dealt so quickly.
JT19
The other problem for Trouba’s camp is he wants to play on the right side. While money is part of the issue, Trouba’s camp would have no incentive to sign a bridge deal unless Winnipeg traded him. If Trouba were to sign a bridge deal, with no assurance he would be traded, then Winnipeg could hold onto him for two more years and play him on a side where he “wouldn’t be happy”.
Doc Halladay
It’d be one of those situations like Turris where he’d be given the assurance he’d be dealt. As it stands right now, no one is gonna pay the steep price in a trade package just to pay another steep price in a new contract, which could reach as high as $5.5 million by most accounts. On the bridge deal, he becomes incredibly valuable, especially to a Cup contender. It could potentially be a win/win situation. But it takes some level of trust from both sides which seems unlikely at this point.