MacDonald is here to mentor Irving as Kipper is on his way out. Kipper won't ride the pine mentoring, so MacDonald was available as a great option. Veteran enough, without being too old. Kipper will be moved, no better time than now when there will be the most amount of teams looking for a tender. At the trade deadline teams looking to make a run, or gear up, typically have the goalie in place or they wouldn't be in the position to go for it.
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