The offer sheet was an interesting move that failed to pay off, at least so far, because KK hasn't been very good. They whiffed on the player, but succeeded in getting Bergevin to panic and make other stupid moves. Considering their owner's posturing in the media I think a lot of his thinking was ego flapping rather than asset management. They got to point and laugh.Ya they sure showed him. No better use of a roster spot, 5MM and a 1st and 3rd then to make MB upset. Huge win for the Canes.
In reality, they swapped Trochek for KK, a 1st and a 3rd. It's as bad a deal as MB ever made and could be the difference between them winning a Cup and just being regular season hero's. Total fail, and here they are with the corpse of Jordan Staal as their #2 C right in their Cup window.
The Canes clearly made a mistake letting Trochek go, and they were banking on Kotkaniemi stepping up, but, like MB, they had the option of not making additional bad moves after the first one. They had cap issues, but, at least in hindsight, they would have been better off solving them in different ways and letting KK walk after the first year.
With luck Engstrom will be the best player to come out of the whole deal. We'll see how Geekie turns out for the Salt Lake City whatevers and how Bystedt works out for San Jose.
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