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Originally Posted by Jay Random
The benefit of moving Ras out was to get futures. Whitecloud was a throw-in to make the cap and roster numbers work. Vegas could not have kept Whitecloud and added Andersson, even at 50% retained, without getting rid of another player in a side deal. They could have traded a defenceman lower on their depth chart, but Conroy did not want any of those.
The team had seven defencemen on the active NHL roster before, and still has seven. That's the minimum number that allows for an injury replacement or a healthy scratch. No team likes to carry fewer than seven. When Parekh comes back from his conditioning stint, there will be plenty of time to trade away another body to make room.
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CC stating that nobody was losing playing time is BS. The only way it makes sense if Whitecloud is being flipped, which based on intel from the insiders on CP isn't the case.
Doubt very much that another D will be moved by the time Parekh is back. The kids need to play and this trade changes nothing.