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Originally Posted by timun
I mean, I'm not going to defend Button picking up Kravchuk, but I wouldn't pin "having to get rid of Housley" solely on that. After all, the highest-paid player on the team in the first place was the backup goalie...
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Vernon was already on the team and the budget was set when Ottawa put Kravchuk on waivers. If Button had been able to count, he would have known better than to spend money he didn't have on a defenceman who wasn't good enough to play for the Senators.
Mind you, signing Vernon to that much money at that stage of his career was another idiotic move – and one Button wouldn't have had to make if he'd kept Giguere.