The biggest deal in this trade is getting out of self imposed "cap jail" with these guys.
NMC for Sarich until January, NTC for Tanguay for the length of the deal.
Both of those have now vanished.
Think O'Brien is no better than an 8th defender like Sarich was? Still a positive because Calgary couldn't send Sarich to the AHL, but they can with O'Brien.
Jones pouting and sulking, not giving his all every game? Trade him, there's not much he can do about it. Tanguay pouting and sulking, not giving his all every game? Better find out where he's willing to accept a trade to and hope that team is interested.
Can't be understated about how important it is for a team with a ton of cap space to get out from under a crippling amount of trade-impacting contract stipulations.
Next move should be dealing Giordano.
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