Well, Galchenyuk was a 30 goal scorer, 50pts player, pretty much guaranteed. So you trade him for a player that has a hand injury that is making you weary to commit long term with him and hopefully he can become a 50pt guy for us...
Doesn't make any sense.
No need to rationalize the team's decision. They have no plan and vision. Their decisions are so random.
Character character character, gets guys like Semin and Kassian. We want players that hate losing, they trade Subban. They want guys who will really want to bleed for the team, let's Markov walk. We need two centers, trades our best blue chip prospect for a winger. Getting centers is nearly impossible, drafts one at 3rd overall, uses him on the wing for years..
The list goes on.