Goalie Bob is a miracle worker, unless it's with Bussi I guess?
Fix him to what? It's not like he was a Vezina finalist five years ago. His best season is "decent."
Smarter than everyone else always and forever.
Bussi = NHL games experience "0". Faster league, better shooters. He already plays the style/system they want.
Their plan was to always get Sway an experienced backup that could play if he failed to be a heavy load #1.
Not a good deal, but there wasn't one to be had. They wanted the Ullmark issue resolved before the start of camp.
If Korpi is decent for 25-30 games(Halak made similar money with career of ups and downs), then he is worth the contract. If he's sucks we bury him in the AHL or buy him out next year.
When he was younger he beat TOR in the POs and played well against the TBL in one of their Cup years. My point is his ceiling is higher than being given credit for.
If we did nothing, then we would have bigger problems next offseason.
It sucks but all the bitching won't undo the trade.