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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
The Rangers do a great job of selling off the veteran guys they have for really good trade returns. Between this and compliance buyouts, they always have a way to get around any cap mistakes they make.
I wouldn't call Brassard a mistake though, as it turns out he was a hell of an acquisition for them, but they've managed to sell him high and the savings will help them manage some of the other less attractive deals they have on the books.
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Brassard won't bomb with the Senators but he's already likely peaked and they traded a 23 year old already on the same level as Brassard that hasn't yet peaked. It's just another one of those mind boggling moves by a Senators organization that continues it's endless sideways trajectory.
Why do organizations continue to throw the Rangers a bone? Anytime they get close to salary cap jail it seems there's always a team or two willing to bail them out. For good merit they even managed to hoodwink the Senators into throwing them a 2nd round for the right to help out the Rangers. The Rangers needed this deal way more than the Senators did. Can't wait to see which team bails them out of the Rick Nash deal.