I really don't know why it's too far fetched to think that this happened or even could be just a possibility. Now...PLEASE REMEMBER that you are not running this team. Not me either. They are. The ones that, right now, are ready to give Bouillon one last chance. While I don't think it's the end of the world, some of you do. So....other things you might not agree with COULD happen. I know it will for me, can imagine it will for you to. Now....here are the reasons why it could happen....
1) While it was not publicize, DD "might" have been offered as well, also with no takers. Or...he might not have offered at all as our management believes in him dearly. They gave him that contract. Therrien loves him. Deal with it...they like him. And probably don'T believe he's a winger. So far
2) They just gave a big contract to Eller. They probably think he's about to be a top 6 player.
3) Galchenyuk might be about to have his chance at C. Will he play on the 4th line? They probably want to be patient with him but 4th line C? No chance.
4) Leaves...Pleks. Pleks might be the BEST player we have who "might" be expendable AND have great value. Again, I stress "might" as some will say that compared to DD, Pleks is nothing but expendable...I know....but play with me here.
5) Now...."teams were not interested" makes ABSOLUTELY no sense whatsoever. That can't be true. Nobody will tell me that all the teams won't need a Pleks. They will. Cap will go up, Pleks contract is not that bad. But teams might have done those 2 things.....a) not ready yet to look at that option, want to see in camp what they have in hand and or b) not give the return we think he might be worth.
Again, not going with the whose better, who's not, just going with a scenario that "might" go in the direction of that rumor. It's not incredibly too far fetched. We've seen way worst things than that. And again, like I keep saying....it's often all about the return.