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Originally Posted by Monahammer
If Owen Beck is so good, then the Canadiens can count on him as their future 2C and shouldnt be so concerned about giving up Hage!  |
That is true. You either way to win now and next year when you have Demidov and Kapanen on ELC's or you try to win in 2-3 years time when you have 63 million bucks of cap space to sign 16 players and Demidov and Kapanen are eating up 16 million of that and you have 47 million left over for 14 players (about 3.3 million a player) and you need to sign 8 forwards, 4 dmen and 2 goalies for that 47 million.
Habs have 2 years where they have a very beneficial cap situation. Maybe they think they have a cup winning team now or maybe they think they can win with a very top heavy roster in 2-3 years time. Sometimes NHL teams want to win and are willing to make trades to allow them to win.