I don't even know what the "right message" is supposed to be. We're 19th in the league and 5 points out of a playoff spot, and that's with a top goaltender and Tanev/Hanifin. We've just traded one of them for futures and will probably trade the other one shortly. You can't trade away two of your top defenseman and expect Markstrom to still carry them to the sacred land.
Might just be a ruse anyway, but sending messages instead of sticking to sensible asset management is dumb. Especially when said message makes little sense to begin with.
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