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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Wouldn't you think that's some bad management then?. If you're making a franchise altering trade in grabbing Eichel, you get that done ASAP so he can get the surgery and begin recovery. The longer you wait, the more bite it has into the season and the more of an impact that lost time in the lineup has on your playoff chances. You work those RFAs around the Eichel acquisition because you have some control in that regard and squeeze where necessary. It's kind of backwards to approach?
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Not if the trade they're looking at has the possibility of putting them over the summer cap overage with an arbitration loss.
Is what it is.