Fair value.
Hudler nowhere near as valuable as the much bigger, stronger, faster and more physical Ladd. Most teams look to add size/strength/physicality heading into the playoffs based on the prices we've seen so far and based on what thrives in playoff hockey.
These 2nd rounders become valuable chips heading up to the draft
-you can trade them for 2nd liners, depth defensemen, and goalies. Giguere and Kiprusoff both moved for seconds before establishing themselves as starters so we could use it to help solve our goaltending problems potentially
-you can use them to move up in the draft. Extra picks may help us move up from #4 or #5 to #2 or #3 if the right situation presents itself.
-you can grab great prospects with them
I was expecting a 2nd for Hudler so a 2nd and a 4th for moving him 2 days before the deadline and retaining no salary seems very fair.
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