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Originally Posted by neofury
The sad thing is I think you're right. Trading Halak before signing Price imo was a very dumb move in that now Price's agent knows we need him and are going to sign him regardless. So before we could've probably signed him 2 years at 4-5 million. Now it's more likely 3 years at 3+ million. I really hope this works out in our favor and I trust our management, but dealing Halak before inking a deal with Price, to me, is just negligent. You're giving the players agent fuel.
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I see your point, but had the habs not traded Halak when they did, they may have ended up with far less for him. Who's to say the Blues' wouldn't have taken the deal off the table after 24 hrs? Who's to say the habs would have gotten something better for him later on?