If Hyman only get 4.25m he stays in Toronto

What Holland should have done is wait out on Chicago and seen if they were actually going to consider buying out Keith then offered Neal and jones. Neals buyout is more friendly than Keith’s. I’m not upset about that deal just think Holland may have jumped the gun alittle too soon.

Chicago was never buying out Keith. They have more than enough cap space and his buyout is just as bad as his cap hit. BUT now that I see Suter was bought out...this adds a whole other element to this for EDM. Yeah this makes that trade worse IMO.

I think because of limited options hawks had with Keith would have been a lot more pressure if oilers stood pat and let expansion draft happen first. No way with the negative publicity already surrounding the team they would risk public opinion on them refusing to let Keith be closer to his son. I just don’t see anyway they could have sat back another week or two. Only risk for oilers in sitting back a bit is Seattle could take him but that would also mean oilers not only keep some draft capital and a young d but have more cap to explore options which I think is fair to say bound to be a few players made available we don’t know about yet. Did anyone expect the wild to do what they are? Holland needs to work on his timing and instead of preaching patients needs to have some himself was no reason to pull trigger as quick as he did. That being said it’s not all doom and gloom very possible Keith can be a big part of the team.

I agree with waiting to see because EDM had more to gain by waiting than CHI had to gain. CHI could only have lost by waiting...so I hear you there. Example - Ryan Suter could now potentially take that slot. As far as the "public perception"...that's not really a thing in this situation. Stan's got (2) other players with 3 cups and a Conn Smythe. They're not giving away the ship for one of the three vs the other two.

No but when you have a leader on the team saying he wants to be closer to his son it’s a bad look on the team to not do anything it just looks that much worse when there is already a big big black cloud over the team.