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Originally Posted by debil
Why can't we let them go for nothing? Why taking brutal 4MM 3Y contract ? How does this help to rebuild the team?
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What team out there is going to take 5.5 million in salary in mid 30's veterans without sending salary back?
None of them.
We already did a few salary dumping moves. This move did not need to be a salary dump and I'm not sure why some people think every move now needs to be a dump.
Like has been said the trade is fairly equal. At the same time we get younger and trade a LW which we have too many of for a RW which we don't have many of.
In old school CP terminology I would class this close to a dufus for dufus trade. One could characterize it as shuffling deck chairs on the titanic.
Really I don't think Tanguay had the trade value some think he should have. Limited teams interested no doubt.