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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Fair enough, though 7 regular season games (2-3-2) by Bishop and way out of the POs hardly seems to be worth the price paid for a rental.
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That's the way it turned out for sure.
I believe that with Quick coming back, but likely not able to assume a full load, the thought was to bring in a stellar back up, and hope that they could go back to playing a more offensive style, relying on elite goaltending to make the playoffs.
Their plan failed miserably.
But I think it was about making a last chance effort for a team that was close to its expiration date. Remember, the Kings parlayed an 8th place finish and won the Cup previously. I assume they hoped to do it again.
Teams on their last legs of contention sometimes make all sorts of trades at the deadline and hope it's enough. Chicago did it with success as they won their last Cup when they were not even close to the best team in the league by any measure.