This trade sucked. Not the process. Mathlete was a super awesome to deal with.
Losing Rinne sucked. I drooled at the prospect of having a 1-2 punch of him and Vas.
We paid big for him too, imo, (for only a dozen-ish games), and hated losing him, but it was a necessary evil with a cap crunch looming.
I think we now should have enough cap ready to sign some UFAs, plus keep the core, including Benn, and maybe even grab a goalie from free agency.
With the heat off the GM to clear some cap space, all pressure now falls onto the shoulders of Vasilevskiy. We think our D will re-rate well enough to help him out well.
Longest trade talks I've ever had, lasting a good week or so. To no fault of Mathlete though.
Working out of town has been pretty tough with the travel and when I'm home for my 4 days, I try to stay off the computer as much as possible. Over that time, the GMs must've thrown a good dozen ideas back and forth. Thankfully, Brian was disgustingly amazing in the patience department and super easy to chat with. Appreciate it, man.
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