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taco.vidal · 08-02-2014, 06:03 PM

Im not sure what people thought this deal was going to get done for. This isn't a fantasy hockey player auction where you can pick which player you want to spend your dough on. The Habs had a great RFA Dman and needed to lock him up long term. Sure there might be better players but this is the guy they had access to and had to pay him to keep him. You can argue in hindsight that the bridge deal was messed up. However, in the reality they're at today, this was the money that needed to get this done.

08-02-2014, 06:03 PM	#271
taco.vidal Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Feb 2008 Exp:	Im not sure what people thought this deal was going to get done for. This isn't a fantasy hockey player auction where you can pick which player you want to spend your dough on. The Habs had a great RFA Dman and needed to lock him up long term. Sure there might be better players but this is the guy they had access to and had to pay him to keep him. You can argue in hindsight that the bridge deal was messed up. However, in the reality they're at today, this was the money that needed to get this done. Last edited by taco.vidal; 08-02-2014 at 06:49 PM.