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Originally Posted by united
Sure glad we paid to acquire Forbort and Gustafsson for no reason.
Kulak (who is now the Canadiens' ~$2 million #4 defenceman), a 2020 3rd, a 2020 4th, and a 2021 4th.
for
17 games of UFA Gustafsson, 18 games of UFA Fantenberg, 17 games of UFA Forbort, 0 games of Valiev, 0 games of Taormina.
Incredible asset expenditure. Instead of low-balling a home-grown player in Kulak and then trading him out of spite for exercising his CBA-given right to arbitration, we could have signed him for ~$1 million and been in the same place.
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Glad someone brought this up. Rentals at the deadline for depth players.
I forgot where i read it, maybe one of Bingo’s game takes, congratulating Treliving for the shrewd pickups. I think it was after game 1. Yes they were serviceable defensemen and were helpful.
But totally illogical in the big picture. So they didn’t break the bank but just another example of short term thinking and no real visible plan. And we find ourselves short some worthwhile picks.