Sojourn
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Obviously! First off Hudler is a UFA so there is no deal of Fowler/Hudler. The point was they need a #1 left winger. If they are not going to trade for this winger they need to look at UFAs
Hudler is one of tha last ones left with anywhere near what they would probably be looking at. The followup part to that is Hudler is not signed because he probably wants A. Some term (more than1) which every term probably does not want to do B. A huge salary to go with the term.
You're still missing the point.
Regardless of salary cost, just because Anaheim is interested in Hudler doesn't mean that they would have been willing to trade Fowler for him. You're trying to extrapolate some willingness to move Fowler for Cammalleri simply because they might be interested in Hudler. That isn't how it works.
I get that you'd probably love to see Anaheim get ripped off in this deal, but your argument for why Anaheim makes this deal is pretty ridiculous. Anaheim has no interest in moving one of their top D for an older player, who seems to struggle to stay healthy right now. You aren't getting a prime asset for him. For a lesser asset? Sure, I suspect Anaheim would be willing to talk, but Cam Fowler? No way in hell. Anaheim would be better off keeping Fowler, and looking for alternatives, while knowing that they have a damn good blue line, and one of the best shutdown lines in the league. They aren't in a position where they should be getting screwed in a deal. Their strength last season was a good all-around defensive game. Why would they have a problem heading into this season with that as the strength again?
Thanks, but no thanks. You aren't going to convince us to take the crap end of a deal just because you want Fowler.