I've had to do some negotiations in my life for high value contracts, etc. I learned to not approach a negotiation trying to win / avoid to lose. The idea is actually to try and find a way to trade off on variables to make more value for both parties. I'd suspect with Hughes background he understands this concept and is a master at it.
Up to you to argue that 1.4MM in Cap to return a 3rd is a bad move.
Like who? Free agency this year was a wasteland, and we still have ample cap space right now to trade for a big salary if a good opportunity becomes available. You're also omitting that we'd still have Hoffman at 4.5M without doing these moves (not that his contract would have prevented us from adding a bigger salary either).
We absorbed a marginal 1.7M in Pearson to get a 3rd for DeSmith instead of a 4th/5th or losing him on waivers. There's no real reason to roll three goalies, and Allen is likely untradeable at his cap number. Seems like a completely straightforward move to me, and I don't see where you're seeing panic from trading one of our two generic veteran backup/1Bs.
No he doesn't fight much -a checker can pot a few goals some-
What is it that you find wrong about this move?
You'd have preferred keeping DeSmith & his cap charge for sending him to Laval, where he'd take development time from the goalies we have there, than getting a pick for a bit of cap space we aren't using anyways?
That was MBs regular practice... utter stupidity not to leverage cap space wherever possible to add draft/prospect assets imo... especially with an owner willimg to spend.
Some of us just like sound asset management I guess
We have no prospects to play on the Habs and we're tanking for another three years.
Gallagher isn't a tradable commodity. We're stuck with that one until we can pretend he's too injured to play again.
Call me when Hughes gives repeatedly bloated, long term contracts to bottom 6 and middle 6 players that can’t be moved
Sure we evaluate how good is a prospect on rookie camp that doesn’t mean anything
The picks that he is stockpiling will help with moving a few of those players. But they aren't paying to get rid of Dvo or Anderson, you may not like them but they are useful players and have value.
This.
0 chance that they are thinking that.
