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Oscargasm wrote on Tue, 27 July 2021 15:52

Skookum Jim wrote on Tue, 27 July 2021 15:00

Burgeoboy wrote on Tue, 27 July 2021 13:27

I am sure they could have traded him, but at what cost? I'd take Ghost over Neal and it wasn't cheap to move him out, also there are plenty of other bad contracts that teams are stuck with, Most of the guys that were left exposed to the draft are still on their teams or team paid a lot to move them.

Is buy-out player ideal? of course not, but when we moved Lucic for Neal one of the reasons people liked the deal was because the contract was much easier to buy out. So, now that we do that, everyone is pissed? I don't even mind the buy-out that much, with the money it frees up, it should be easy to find a player that is a better fit for our bottom 6 than Neal.

I get the hate for some of the other moves (Keith)and those to come (7 years for Hyman), but this one I am ok with.

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There’s hate for Keith? I love the acquisition.

I’ve also really come around on Hyman. Term of 7 is a big meh, and 5.5 is probably 500k or more of an overstuffed burger but for what he injects into this top 6 is something we’ve sorely lacked.

I’m not so worried about this team 4-5-6 years from now. We need results now. Results now makes those 4-5-6 years from now easier to attract players as well.


I'm all for the win now mentality (although it would be help a lot if we didn't make so many unforced errors on the cap space side). Fleury, the reigning Vezina winner got traded for virtually nothing because the Knights wanted to dump salary, so clearly Holland got fleeced giving up assets and getting zero cap relief from Chicago on that bad deal. He's helped Chicago be able to greatly improve their squad, as the cap space they've saved has helped them get Seth Jones and Marc-Andre Fleury.

I also am concerned about the goaltending. Mike Smith isn't the starting goalie on a contender at this point in his career, so that's the critical piece this week. You can't say you're going for it and not have a real goaltender yet again...



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