I think everyone can agree that we overpaid.
I'm just curious who else we may have been able to lure here by overpaying. I would rather overpay a Niskanen, even with more term, because he's 27 and would still be a good player in 5 years. Would Niskanen consider Calgary and how much would we have to overpay is a different question.
Without knowing where else that money could have been spent it's hard to judge the trade. We overpaid for a pretty bad defencemen, who brings some intangibles that we needed on D. I definitely have mixed feelings...
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