Two-way deal per Rick Dhaliwal.
Win win for us here - he's a leader and top player if he goes to Utica, and he's a solid fourth liner if he goes to Vancouver.
The sad part is that hes most likely an upgrade over Roussell and yet the idiot thought it would be amazing to sign the inferior player to a larger contract worth more money given the rat from Dallas is now his new shiny toy.
Glad to have Archibald back. Loyal soldier that is a valuable piece in Utica and provides some depth.
The reason Archibald circled back to our apparently 2way offer is because he didn't have any one year options. Or do you think he turned down one way money to stay in our organization?
Meanwhile Roussell apparently had multiple suitors that drove his contract to <$12m. Let's keep a foot in reality.
Archi is not an NHL player. Utica bound.
0 interest from other teams.
I'm not sure what being a Benning apologist has to do with anything. You're claiming Archibald is a better player than Rousell. I'm just pointing out that the market doesn't even see Archibald as an every day NHLer. Is the market also a Benning apologist?
If Benning was the only GM interested in Roussell you might have a point. But reports are that numerous teams made offers. I don't know who those other teams are, so possibly they are all bad GMs.
I also think it's a safe assumption that no GM offered Archibald a 1way deal. That means none of the good GMs viewed Archibald as an every day NHLer, neither did any of the bad ones.
Just acknowledge that your statement that Archibald is "most likely an upgrade on Roussell " is not supported by the market, and we can get back to celebrating Archibald being back with the organization.