Cap savings is a matter of perspective.
Choosing Dumba and Quincy over Scandella and Folin saved the Wild less than a million in cap next season and will cost us more starting next summer.
Which we probably used up by bring in Foligno to play in the bottom 6.
Poms to Ennis saved more money as well though.
Also, it wasn't Dumba over Scandella, it's Olofsson over Scandella for the lineup/cap savings. Dumba was going to be here either way.
I fail to see how the Scandella trade has any connection to Dumba. It was made for cap space of which Dumba takes up minimal, especially for what he provides. Folin is a borderline NHL player. Don't let the emotions get the best of you on him.
Dumba>Haula+Tuch
Not to mention Haula+Tuch wasn't just protecting Dumba but also anyone of importance left over on the team that was unprotected.
I'm not upset at your opinion. Just think it's wrong. Welcome to a discussion board.
The Protection list was meaningless for the Wild, the Haula+ Tuch trade was agreed upon before the Wild even submitted the protection list.
We know there were two trades Fletch was real close to pulling the trigger on, one for Scandella, the other for Brodin... then everything went silent, and then we didn't know it but the Wild and Vegas agreed on Haula+Tuch (with us getting a 3rd rounder as well) to make Haula the expansion draft pick, and thus making our entire protection list pointless when it was submitted a day later.
Pretty sure Brodin and Scandella would have both been gone had Vegas not agreed, and Dumba would then have been protected anyway and Vegas would have only gotten Haula. That's how Fletcher got them to deal.