LeafsNation75
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That's easy to say with hindsight because I think the cost was at least their 2018 1st round pick which means not drafting Rasmus Sandin and Timothy Liljegren who the Rangers also wanted.While bringing in Plekanec was a brutal move, passing on McDonagh looks like a good miss.
The problem was McDonagh gets traded to Tampa Bay and is apart of the Atlantic Division.
However either way Lou wasn't willing to make a trade like that to help their defense, where as Dubas was the next season when he traded for Jake Muzzin.