1) Green is hurt. He has been hurt for the last five games. Hell, who is to say he even passes the physical if he’s not healthy enough to have played yesterday? And even assuming all was fine, he’s coming back from a day to day injury that lasted a week. I’m sure teams are lining up to pay for a rental who is basically damaged goods.
2). As soon as whispers of Karlsson and McDonagh hit the market, any chance of Green tanked. At his best now, he’s half the player either of those two are. He’s a PP specialist. Those two are #1D.
It makes a lot of sense, you just don’t like it.
That's why you don't wait until deadline day of the last year of his contract to trade him.
1) You could have moved him last year.
People argued that no, he'll be worth more next year. But guess what. Green's goal scoring disappeared, even if his point production stayed OK.
2) You could have moved him at the draft or at any point during the season.
Before, for example, the wheels fell off and things went sour in Ottawa. Before, for example, the New York Rangers decided they're selling everything.
All those people who were so certain of themselves in saying "you get best value at the deadline for because of cap space" ignored two salient facts.
1) People can get hurt (which is exactly what happened.
2) Who gives a f*** about salary cap when you can retain so much on a UFA?
That's also why people shouldn't make excuses for Holland when he gives NTCs and NMCs.
Whenever he does this, people say, "Oh well, it hardly matters anyway."
Well, it does matter. We saw why today.
Who ever the GM is next year, I hope they've learned a lesson. I hope they start moving Daley at the deadline and not waiting until the final year of his deal.
Same shit with Helm, Ericsson and whatever old guy might have 1/2 an ounce of value.
But if said GM is Holland, I don't expect him to hear it. He's a yes man in a town where the media are a bunch of lemmings.
