NewAgeOutlaw
Belie Dat!
I don't care if we have $10 mil in caps space or $2 mil in cap space, if another team wants to use it, they are going to pay for it. You say it's not his concern what Ottawa and Pittsburgh get out of it... quite frankly it should be... and he would be an idiot for it not have been.
As for what I think fair repayment would be, a 3rd from Ottawa and a 3rd for Pittsburgh, and seeing as Pittsburgh would still need us to take Reaves for it to work, the 4th the gave us too. And if Ottawa and Pittsburgh don't want to pay that price to use our ample ample cap space, good for them, they can find someone else to facilitate their trade because we aren't any worse walking away from what we got... in fact I'd say we a probably better.
So your argument boils down to that McPhee should have placed an absurd price on a small amount of cap space because Ottawa and Pitt having Vegas as a third party retaining a little salary is some sort of insult to the organization. 3 picks and Reaves for retaining a bit of salary is just an asinine suggestion.
McPhee's philosophy is to use cap space to acquire assets and picks. Using this philosophy, he has built a contending team and built for the future in 1 offseason. Now you call him an idiot because he used cap space to trade for an nhl player and a pick. Maybe you should think twice before saying such things.
Giving up a small fraction of his team's remaining cap space for an nhl regular and a pick is actually good asset management. They got 2 assets and they gave up nothing of value. A few million in cap space means nothing to a team in Vegas' situation.