Well, in reality, it's a 2nd to move 4M off the books as they didn't want Mikheyev anymore and weren't signing Lafferty. I think in a vacuum they pulled the trigger too early - if you wait until the deadline, you probably have a better player to deal, as he'll have a lot more distance between him and a major knee surgery that happened February, 2023. Last season he was clearly still recovering and his biggest asset is skating.
I do understand it from the Canucks' perspective; they have a lot of spots to fill and just getting it off the books for a reasonable price without having to worry about it anymore (and a 2027 2nd for 4M in cap space is very reasonable) is attractive. But I think they lost some opportunity cost on this deal as they probably could have unloaded the full freight, without a sweetener, at the deadline. Now they have 3M in dead cap this year (Mikheyev + OEL) and 5.4 million next year. Ouch.
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