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Originally Posted by 1991 Canadian
What are the Sens thinking here? They gave up a 2nd round pick and a B-level prospect in Tobias Lindberg. For what? An overpriced defenceman? Getting out of short term bad contracts?
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Greening, an AHL player at this point, makes 3.2M next year. Michalek, injured and with 10 points this season, makes 4M next year, and Cowen, a healthy scratch who will make 4.5M next year, were moved.
Depending on how you value Michalek, that's 11.7M of near wasted cash moved for Dion Phaneuf who has 33M left on his deal after this year.
When you break it down, Ottawa takes on ~20M in actual salary, spread out over 5 years, and gets a top 4 defenseman who plays 20 minutes a night and puts up 40 points for essentially a 2nd round pick and a prospect.
Makes sense from Toronto's perspective as well. They don't care about cash nearly as much, and short-term those contracts don't hurt.