Rejoint: juill. 2021
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Isn't this a fun trade to look back on? Total fleece by Carolina, but did they have any idea what they had, or were they just trying to free up cap space by trading for two guys they could bury? They signed both of them -- twice each -- so they must have seen some value, but they only got a total of three NHL games out of them (all by Forsberg) before losing them both to waivers. Meanwhile Chicago traded Saarela to Florida a few months later, and DeHaan eventually signed with Carolina again after his contract ran out, this time only for one year at league minimum.
I guess you have to give Carolina a big win in hindsight, even though they squandered it afterward, though they did achieve what they set out to do at the time, which was free up cap space.