inthewings
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That's because you're not thinking of who he was acquired for. Ceci was in the same boat. Unless you think that Ceci will suddenly be good while Zaitsev not so much.
People talked about addition by substraction for a long time regarding Ceci. I didn't kow Zaitsev was his twin brother and there was another D-man (not on the Sens of course) that was in his league of bad.
You always learn with this board
You keep making posts like this while seemingly ignoring the fact that there's a massive, enormous difference between a guy who is arbitration eligible and a guy who is signed for 5 more years with a cap hit of 4.5M. The important question here isn't "Is Zaitsev better than Ceci?", it's "Is committing to that Zaitsev contract a smart choice?". The answer to the first question might well be that Zaitsev is better, but I think that the answer to the second is a resounding "no".