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Originally Posted by belial1134
Ottawa waived Oettinger just before the start of the regular season (4 star ability/5 star potential) most likely due to being 5 million over the cap. He has 1 year left on his contract at 4.8 million so Ottawa looks to still be slightly above the cap.
Just wondering if the AI is programmed to try and trade players of a certain ability before waiving them?
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Yes, it always tries to make a trade before resorting to shuffling players to the minors to save a bit of cap room. If there's not much cap space available around the league, it may not be able to find a trading partner, though.