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Originally Posted by ComixZone
Hughes has done an excellent job in leveraging cap space since he took over in January 2022.
August 2022: Acquired Sean Monahan + 1st round pick in 2025 for nothing.
June 2023: Re-signs Monahan to a 1 year, cheap contract.
February 2024: Trades Sean Monahan for a 1st round pick in 2024
Kent Hughes acquired a 2024 1st round pick, a 2025 1st round pick, and got 74 games out of Sean Monahan. That is incredible work.
He has now acquired Patrik Laine + 2nd for a depth defenceman.
Master class in weaponizing salary cap space. I don't think anyone has done this better in recent years.
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He also has an advantage in the sense that Montreal is fine eating actual cash in addition to cap space. If Laine sucks then they are paying 17.4 million dollars to get a second. Monahan was a lot of luck as well, initial trade was good and then he actually got healthy.