Rejoint: juin 2022
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Refreshing to not see the same Mikheyev dump + 2nd trade for the millionth time lol. This one's interesting. Basically comes down to whether we think Garland is worth Donato retained.
Fair points on both sides. Retaining 1mm on Donato is not a great use of one of our final two retention slots, but there's a decent chance we don't need both this year. Based on some of KD's recent comments, I don't think he's weaponizing our cap space anymore unless the compensation is high quality.
I think Garland makes our team better, can play up with Bedard if needed, and should have value at the '26 deadline with retention. Given the 2nd coming our way is at the top of the round, I'm inclined to do this deal (even if as a nit I'd probably ask for one more mid to late round pick coming back to the hawks to make things proper even).
Cheers