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Originally Posted by Toonage
Yeah, they did Kulak a solid and cleared the road for our prospects a bit but its too bad the Flames couldn't get, say, Montreal's 6th in 2019 instead.
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What? Why would Montreal trade an asset for a player they could have got for 100 bucks through a waiver claim?
Matt Taormina is negative value. Not much, but some. An AHL player making $350,000. They traded him for another negative value player in Kulak. A player that no team would take for free. The Canadiens believe that Kulak is a better player and has a better chance of making their NHL team so the difference in salary makes sense. Similar for the Flames.