The rumor over the summer was Boston wanted vanek and foligno.
Done, without a blink of an eye.
Im fine with the return we got as is. The + would likely have been very significant and I'd rather keep our assets
The return will not be getting an elite player, ie is whatever we get for Moulson and I highly, highly doubt we get a top 5 pick from the Isles, the place of elite talent.
Seguin could be elite talent, and would have sped up the rebuild a bit. If it was Foligno, before the 2014 & 2015 drafts, we'd have Seguin as a top two center, with Hodgson and Ennis still on the roster. Say we know we are going to draft Reinhart, Hodgson in a package for E Kane....
Wow, I guess this is a loud reason why Regier is no longer employed. He knew Vanek was not resigning here, could have kept the "what's going to happen to Vanek" talk out of the locker room, no dual captains, another overvaluing his Rochester Core, sit too long on a deal you know has too happen, and potentially bring in a TOP LINE CENTER that the team has need fr years....plus a young one you could build around....
What a ****** bag.....