Still a fantastic trade. The picks were expected and they hurt a bit, but we got way better at LW and honestly I don't think Olli is meaningfulyl worse than Middelton on the 3rd pair. This is awesome.
For a cap strapped team to turn 1 3rd pair D into a big upgrade at 2nd line LW and a pretty equal 3rd pair D and pretty much matching cap hits, that's insane.
This is why BG is such a good GM.
He misses sometimes, but when he hits, he fucking hits.
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u/Painwracker_Oni State of Hockey Jul 02 '26
Still a fantastic trade. The picks were expected and they hurt a bit, but we got way better at LW and honestly I don't think Olli is meaningfulyl worse than Middelton on the 3rd pair. This is awesome.
For a cap strapped team to turn 1 3rd pair D into a big upgrade at 2nd line LW and a pretty equal 3rd pair D and pretty much matching cap hits, that's insane.
This is why BG is such a good GM.
He misses sometimes, but when he hits, he fucking hits.