Quote:
Originally Posted by monkeyman
From Greg Wyshynski, ESPN
"For the Oilers to have acquired a player at this age, with this decline, without any semblance of cap relief from a team with limited options to remove that contract from their own cap, is frankly negligent."
"Even if Keith has more left in the tank than the metrics would indicate, and even if his experience and intangibles are an asset to the locker room, bailing the Blackhawks out of this contract without any salary cap relief to the acquiring team is just specious management."
https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...an-keith-trade |
Funny how American media are calling out the baffling idiocy of this deal for Edmonton, while Canadian pundits bite their tongues and grasp at positives. Sid Seixeiro is the only high-profile Canadian who has roasted the deal, and he’s pretty much out of the sports industry.