Jack Bauer
Registered User
The value of a 2nd. certainly deflated as soon at they used it for Boyle. Now it's just a 2nd. and maybe we can re-sign him as UFA in the summer, whereas other teams could just sign him without throwing some worthless 2nd. rounder away.
If he does re-sign then a 2nd isn't a bad price.
If we make the playoffs he could be a valuable piece to have.
The weak draft and having numerous picks helped make the decision an easy one for Lou. I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt as I agree on the point that our kids gain to learn a lot from a playoff run even if they don't make it so giving them a bit of a mental jump in adding someone might only help.
The cost isn't nothing but is a piece we can afford because of how we handled the last few deadlines.
When we stockpiled picks we all knew it was to eventually start moving them out for vets as much as it was to use them to stock the system. We just didn't think the system would be this good this quickly.