I don't like the term or the AAV, but this is a player who provides a skillset that nobody else in our defensive core has, so I guess it fills an organizational need, and with any luck, will be an improvement on Hamonic. Now we just need Valimaki to step up and make up for the loss of Brodie.
Obviously, Pietrangelo was going to be too expensive or wasn't interested, and I suspect this means that Brodie wasn't interested in re-signing here once the offer came from Toronto, considering his desire to be closer to family.
I hope that Treliving still has something up his sleeve to dump some cap and sign Hall, but today's signings definitely make that less likely. As it stands, we have enough to re-sign our RFAs and fill the roster, but that's about it.
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