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Originally Posted by quasi
LOL, no they wouldn't. Two problems with your scenario, one Chicago doesn't have 3.5m to offer to Raymund and second they'd have to give us a 1st and a 3rd round pick to do that. I'd take Ladd over Maholtra anyday of the week. We have a 3rd line center as far as I'm concerend and his first name is Cody. I'd take Ladd at 2.5 for 3 years over a 30 year old Maholtra any day.
It's a mute point anyway since Ladd is no longer a Hawk and we've already given our money to Maholtra. I was just saying it would have been a great way to really fuck them over. It was a perfect storm since they were up against the cap and either would have had to give him a way for almost nothing or sign him and be stuck with him paying more then then they wanted to pay, lose lose for them and win win for us either way.
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you have a point with perfect storm comment, but again ladd isn't a center and doesn't take draws.
you really think our rookie center is going to be able to come in and immediately help us on faceoffs? even crosby was abysmal on draws in his first season.
and again with the versatility of malhotra, you give hodgson some experience there and still know that there's a veteran shutdown presence every night.
i'm sure MG looked at the options and realized a strong centerman will help us a lot more than revenge on a team that beat us twice, a team that is completely stripped down anyways.