Today, 04:42 AM
(This post was last modified: Today, 04:45 AM by KillerLeft.)
This should go without saying, but obviously, you don't help Cleveland with their Strus problem unless:
A) you haven't found a better, more productive use of the TPE, even taking into account what seems likely to be possible with it at the deadline (this last part might be enough to scare some off of this, I know)
B) Cleveland is paying something fairly significant in the way of draft capital for your trouble. The idea probably dies right here, because while Dallas currently has 2-3 other players who can perform a similar role to what a healthy Strus brings to the table, my guess is that some other team will simply want him because they need a player like that, thereby reducing the cost Cleveland has to pay to move him. He only has one year left on his contract, after all.
C) You can make another small move to keep this one from putting you into the tax. It's certainly not worth getting that clock going prematurely.
That's probably too many stipulations for it to be likely...all I'm saying is that between the choice of staying under the tax by close to that exact amount, letting the TPE expire and doing nothing and picking up a tip to let him expire here, give me the latter. If they've got something better, I'm all about it. I hope they do! I'd much rather do a favor like this than take on Jovic, for example, especially in the post Aldama trade world. As always, I really don't want anything to do with Schroeder, personally.
A) you haven't found a better, more productive use of the TPE, even taking into account what seems likely to be possible with it at the deadline (this last part might be enough to scare some off of this, I know)
B) Cleveland is paying something fairly significant in the way of draft capital for your trouble. The idea probably dies right here, because while Dallas currently has 2-3 other players who can perform a similar role to what a healthy Strus brings to the table, my guess is that some other team will simply want him because they need a player like that, thereby reducing the cost Cleveland has to pay to move him. He only has one year left on his contract, after all.
C) You can make another small move to keep this one from putting you into the tax. It's certainly not worth getting that clock going prematurely.
That's probably too many stipulations for it to be likely...all I'm saying is that between the choice of staying under the tax by close to that exact amount, letting the TPE expire and doing nothing and picking up a tip to let him expire here, give me the latter. If they've got something better, I'm all about it. I hope they do! I'd much rather do a favor like this than take on Jovic, for example, especially in the post Aldama trade world. As always, I really don't want anything to do with Schroeder, personally.