Radulov like every other Russian was moved out after Claude Julien was brought in
Claude never really has russians on his teams

when Claude came in Radulov was on a month long cold streak recording 4 points i think it was in that time and didnt step up to the level Claude needed .

Markov gone
Emelin gone
Scherbak gone
Radulov gone
Galchenyuk gone
Sergachev gone

Claude perfers Canadians on his team which is i believe a part of the reason they let him go in BOS after drafting 10 NCAA players the year before letting him go of which 9 were American born which much like Russian's he doesnt seem to like playing

Nill would've been fired after that trade...30yo winger for 3rd overall pick + 2nd...lol

agreed

Yeah Radulov leaving sucked but we probably don't get Kotkaniemi if he stays.

Also, Dallas refused to trade Heiskanen for Erik Karlsson so I don't see them doing it for Radu.

And finally if he got that offer for Benn I'm pretty sure he would have taken it. At the deadline it was mostly depth dmen who were traded and they returned mostly 6th and 7th round picks.