The Benning apologists and kool-aid drinkers in this thread is unbearable. Like living in their own little world where reality is fantasy!
Motte has similar AHL production as Jake Virtanen, he’s also older and now on his 3rd team after not being able to garner enough interest from his coaches for even a depth position on two teams that have jettisoned their bottom 6 each of the past 2 off seasons deeming him expendable from their roster rather than worth keeping.
To those saying “we actually cut salary” when you defend taking Jokinen, consider the fact that you cut ALL OF VANEK’s salary in a trade strictly for a draft pick, which is gonna cover more than the 900k ya’ll be spewing!
To those who have said “Motte is worth 4th, so it’s like getting a pick you don’t need to draft with” well no he isn’t, teams pay other teams to take cap dumps, if Motte is worth anything, it’s more along the lines of a 6th considering the Canucks had to eat a contract just to make the deal!