If sending a few players down is what clears out 5.25 million in cap space, I'd be surprised. Anyways, this is a very nice contract. I'm surprised Murray got this done.
As for leaving your best defensemen unsigned two weeks into the season (basically three when you account for the visa he must get)? Yah that's still very stupid of him. Hopefully Duck fans don't have to see Theo/Montour/Larsson get traded to clear cap, but I'm not sure that still won't happen. If Murray can manage the cap and fit Lindholm without that, then good for him, but to me it doesn't look like that. The Ducks aren't out of this just because Lindholm signed. They still need to fit him under the cap.
It's very stupid of the GM to be minus a RFA for 8 games in order to shed highly important cap hit for 6 entire years during a cup window?
I wouldn't expect a Bob Murray hater to be much of a thinker anyways. All he's done is:
-nominated for best GM in the sport 3 of the last 4 seasons
-iced a team that has won their division 4 seasons in a row, the longest streak in the sport
-done this while maintaining a ton of high end prospects and a fantastic future outlook
You can pick apart his individual moves, but his recent success is unrivaled outside of winning a cup which he can't physically do himself. He iced a strong cup contender 4 years in a row, and the players/coaching staff let him down. They were indeed 1 win from an almost certain cup 2 years ago, as they outplayed the blackhawks and narrowly lost. The blackhawks then predictably outclassed the inferior tampa team in a series that was way less competitive than the previous one.
