Krieder would have been a more annoying pickup. He is pure Bruin, big, fast, plays hard. Dealing with him and Debrusk on a line would be a nightmare.
Sorokin looks like a stud...so why would NY ever give him up without bringing him over? Dreger got hooked in nicely on that one.
Oh btw, that Kase deal is a nice example of how easy it is to dump a horrible contract. If Muzzin's deal looks like a tire fire by year 3 or 4, he's easily movable. A point I completely forgot is that he won't be a 35+ deal. This makes an enormous difference.
Backes is 1 year too.Marleau’s was only one year and we got squat in return.
Marleau’s was only one year and we got squat in return.
And accept zero cap relief while doing it because it's a 35+ contract. 6.5 or whatever it was on the books. Dead money. Canes traded for him knowing it would be dead money because he didn't want to play there. Good luck finding a team taking 6.5 million on their cap at less of a cost.Marleau had a full NMC. Backes didnt
The only was Marleau was being moved was to a team that was going to buy him out