Thread: [Trade] OEL(12% ret), Garland to VAN for Beagle, Eriksson, Roussel, 9th OA, 2022 2nd, 7th
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Old 07-23-2021, 04:35 PM   #325
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Originally Posted by Barca View Post
I dont. I blasted Benning for the Roussel, and Beagle contracts (on reddit) and hated the extra year in Ferlands contract.

but I find it hard to hate on getting rid of THREE anchor contracts for two NHLers who can help us right now. All it took was a 9th in a weak draft, a 2nd next season and a 7th in 2023.
OEL can't help you now.

You got rid of three anchor contracts in exchange for one that's much worse - $12M of dead cap space in a year that you weren't going to contend anyway, compared to $43.5M of dead cap space spread out over the next six years. That's Pettersson's and Hughes's prime, wasted.
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