There was space for Kyle as well. He didn't always use it the best. See Ritchie and Mrazek.
Again, I'm not one of his biggest fans, and he still has to prove some things to me, namely making decent trades (or trades at all).
But a lot of that space he used was for Nylander, which is, even for you, a worthwhile place to spend the cap space.
Stolarz has been the best Leaf thus far, and OEL is doing a good job (so far) in allaying any of my concerns about him. It's still early, granted.
I don't like the way they're handling Liljegren, but I'm not sure who's being alluded to in terms of who shouldn't have been acquired when saying "he spent it all." Now, if he resigns McCabe to anything over $5m, then IMO, that's not the best use of cap space, but we will see.
But congrats! You've made me seem like a defender of BT, when in reality, I'm kind of frustrated by his lack of moves and overly conservative style to this point.