hotpaws
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They were both overpaid and have term left so there was no reason for Vegas to select either of them and hope they bounce back . They would have just selected a prospect and spent there cap elsewhere imo . Not to mention Tallon couldn't gamble that one would be taken since he had to cut salary . But this being said i believe he was one who signed both so he kind of put himself in that bind .Smith and Bjugstad don't have that bad contracts and Florida shouldn't have considered them that bad in the draft either. Smith was still a useful middle six player on his down year, Bjugstad was terrible but that was by far his worst season and was destined to bounce back at least to some extent which he has done. Had the Panthers protected March instead of Bjugstad, who else would've been on the table for Vegas? Colton Sceviour? Bleh. I'd say both Tallon and the owners screwed it up.
Pitt could have also gambled Vegas would have selected MAF but they also needed his cap hit gone so they too paid to guarantee he was selected .
Hindsight's always 20/20 and had Tallon known March would go to another level i'm sure he would have done thing differently but who expected him to play this well or for the Knights to be in contention for the presidents cup , lol .