The conspiracy theorist in me says the league made some calls and found a sucker, er, willing partner to bail them out of cap hell. Probably not a great look for them when a team that was one win away from the Stanley Cup got caught with their pants down this offseason.So can someone explain to me why the f*** San Jose is doing favors for Edmonton?
Seriously there was absolutely no reason for San Jose to so generously take Ceci of their hands for basically nothing. Should have demanded a first or top prospect at minimum with Ceci. Edmonton had absolutely no leverage.
Oh they can flip him at the deadline for a pick, sure, but is that 3rd or 4th round pick worth bailing out Edmonton? Ceci on San Jose will be a train wreck he won't get them more than a 3rd if they are lucky.
Sucks that Edmonton created a mess and should have lost some reasonable young players and incompetent GMs just bail them out with absurd trades.
Honestly, I probably would've just let Holloway go and matched Broberg.