Western Conference Contender Has Huge Trade Pending to Clear Space for Mitch Marner
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A Western Conference contender reportedly has a major trade pending in order to clear a significant amount of cap space to allow them to take a run at Mitch Marner.
Since last summer, the Vegas Golden Knights have been pushing to acquire Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner. They even attempted to complete a 3-way trade at this past trade deadline with the Leafs and Carolina Hurricanes, but the teams could not agree on the other assets involved.
Recently, a handful of insiders have touted Vegas as the favourite to land the former first-round pick and appear to be stepping up their efforts to create the necessary cap space.
Vegas Shopping Top-Six Forward to Clear Cap Space
TSN's Marco D'Amico revealed on Tuesday morning that the Golden Knights are actively shopping Tomas Hertl for immediate cap relief while they wait for a determination on the health of Alex Pietrangelo.
The 31-year-old has five years left on his current deal with a cap hit of $8.1M, but with San Jose retaining part of it in the trade, Vegas was only on the hook for $6.75M.
Should they be able to move Hertl and his $6.75M, the Golden Knights will have $16.35M in space and potentially more than $20M should Pietrangelo not be able to play this season.
This is nothing out of the ordinary for Vegas, as they are one of the few teams in the league that take big swings year after year in the hopes of winning another Stanley Cup.
Given the complexity of deals of this magnitude, however, as D'Amico noted, it wouldn't be surprising to see the trade finalized over the weekend at the draft.
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JUIN 24 | 4630 ANSWERS Western Conference Contender Has Huge Trade Pending to Clear Space for Mitch Marner Does this mean Vegas is 100% landing Mitch Marner? | ||
| Seems that way | 2660 | 57.5 % |
| Not at all | 1001 | 21.6 % |
| Don't care anymore, glad he won't be back | 969 | 20.9 % |
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