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Originally Posted by station
I think sometimes people forget the context of some of these deals. The Regehr trade was not a trade to acquire certain players they wanted, it was purely to dump salary. Remember, Kotalik was included in the deal and the Flames even had to give up a 2nd to do so. If this trade didn't happen, Tanguay wasn't getting re-signed:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...rticle4261797/ |
Tanguay could have been signed at 12:01 on July 1 without any problems with the cap flexing, and you could have thrown Kotalik in the minors to start the season.
Cap solved.
Instead, they go "Big game hunting".