These are the kinds of calculated gambles I like. Like Monahan, Newhook, Dach, Methason. Low risk, high reward. All it takes is for at least one of them to turn into a home-run. IMO, Mony has already considering we essentially got two 1st rounders for him. Laine only has 2 years left, and by then, we'll also be free of some existing albatross contracts, giving us lots of flexibility to add pieces to a then (hopefully) playoff bound team.
I would guess Anderson. Though we'd likely have to retain to get rid of him. Contract aside, IMO Gally is a decent vet and good guy to have around for the rebuild.
I would have been fine trading Harris for a 2nd round pick, and we got Laine for free, He's a top line talent, although not a perfect player, like most goal scorers it seems.
McGroarty.
Solid chance it's a pretty high 2nd rounder to boot.
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And we have that financial might because we were salary cap pussies when we needed to be.
And let's face it, Harris is never going to be anything more than he is now: a 3rd pairing defenseman on a mediocre team. And we have defensemen in the pipeline who are all at least as good if not better than Harris, to boot. So this was the closest you can get to getting something for nothing.
we've been over the last few yrs
Just commenting on excitement for Laine.
This is my reaction as well. I'm not a fan of Patrik Laine, but I'm not going to be a hypocrite: This is the exact type of trade I've been begging management to do for years, ie using our cap space to take on a bad contract and receiving compensation for taking said contract.
