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Old 09-12-2008, 11:32 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina View Post
I give Slava credit for swallowing his pride and doing this. As someone else mentioned the other choice was to trade Hatcher+something else of value just to bribe someone else in taking the cap hit.

This way he saves all his assets, gets under the cap. The trade is a sunk cost - move on and focus on making his team better. Smart move.
I was actually planning on doing the same thing with Kris Draper if the trade route failed, so I completely understand where Vic was coming from in this move. It had to be done.
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