In my mind Sunil had two choices.
1. Shore up the goaltending and go for it
2. Don't shore up and rebuild.
You aren't going to compete without a true #1. Now its debateable whether or not Esche is that - but he's a step up for sure. And he wasn't going to get an 80 OVR goalie. Those that have one sure has hell ain't giving them up.
This was a deal Sunil had to make.
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