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Originally Posted by sketchyt
I don’t feel like either team got better with this trade. Odd one IMO,
Losing Ferland is a big one though.
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I think both sides got what they needed, though.
Carolina traded two RFAs that they could not afford to sign for two players with team-friendly contracts and a possible home-run prospect.
Calgary traded a left-shooting winger one year from UFA and an offensive defenceman who seems to have had some chemistry issues with teammates, plus a college player who did not intend to sign here. They got back two younger players with more room for growth and more years under the team's control, and one of them is a right shot who can play centre or wing.
It looks to me like a risk-reducing move for both sides. Carolina is short of money and averted the risk of paying too much for the RFAs. Calgary is short of talent and averted the risk of losing Ferland and Fox for nothing.