It seems like at least some of the UFAs wanted to sign here....just for a huge amount of money. Toffoli and Lindholm both clearly overplayed their hands. The organization made shrewd decisions in trading them.
I am eating my words a bit, as a year ago I thought Lindholm was pretty great, and I was advocating re-signing him. Looking back, that would have been a massive mistake.
Hanifin, on the other hand, was likely always destined to leave. He clearly wanted out of Canada.
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