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Originally Posted by bax
Desperate to stay relevant? Lol they are back to back cup champs and gunning for a third.
Their window is now. A prospect just making the NHL 4 years from now doesn’t do them any good. People thought the Goodrow trade was bad too.
Florida just gave up almost as much for a bottom rotation defenseman who is also a pending UFA.
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Yep, this is the same formula they've previously used to win cups in recent years. No surprises here. They load up on draft picks where they can, while letting expensive UFA's walk.
The caveat is that they use some of those draft picks to overpay for depth players to strengthen their line-up for the playoff run. They did it before, this is them doing it now.
You don't hang on to all your picks to get players that will help you when your window closes (that's something that only fans seem to want for their teams), you push chips in. That's what they do.