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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Do people really think that if they took the rebuild deal instead that they would have been much worse than they were with Huberdeau and the goaltenders completely collapsing? That they somehow could have rid themselves of enough talent to compete with teams like Arizona and Chicago for the bottom of the order? Come on.
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The deal they did make could have been the rebuild deal. They could have flipped a 1-yr/$5.9M 115-point Huberdeau for a Colby Barlow level prospect and a 2024 1st. Then kept Monahan and that 1st, and weaponized the Kadri cap money this summer.
Instead, they offered up retirement contracts.