Kinda though Enroth had a little more value than a 3rd. Played his ass off this year for an awful team and looked as good as one could expect him to under the circumstances. Good move for Dallas to pick up a guy that can give them a chance to win whenever Lehtonen needs a night off. Lindback has been godawful and is essentially just thrown in for contract # purposes and to give Buffalo a warm body.
Also, tank is certainly on in full for Buffalo. I can't see them winning more than a few of the remaining 27 games. I'd certainly rather see McDavid go to Buffalo than Edmonton but I really don't care for tanking in general. Ideally Buffalo and Edmonton finish 30 and 29 respectively and then someone else wins the lottery.
Buffalo is certainly setting themselves up for the future with McEichel, Kane, Reinhart, Ristonlainen, Zadorov they just have to make sure not to fall into the Edmonton trap, expect them all to come in and be contributors right away and actually surround them with veterans and some semblance of depth. Assuming Murray/Pegula are even slightly more competent than MacT/Lowe (which would not be difficult) they should be okay. They did already make the right call in sending Reinhart back to junior when it was clear he wasn't ready to play in the NHL.
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