Don Waddell Gave The Dumbest Reason Ever As To Why He Made The Patrik Laine Trade
Don Waddell is the new man in charge in Columbus and if the Patrik Laine trade is any indication on how he will perform at his new gig… fans should be rather concerned. I gave the Blue Jackets an F in my trade grades post on the Laine deal because the deal they executed truly makes zero sense.
Waddell tried his best to defend the Laine deal. His reasoning as to why the deal was made is so dumb you can’t make it up.
VIA Brian Hedger of the Columbus Dispatch :
“ Any other deals we’d talked about were all about retaining half, and our goal was to get out of the whole contract. So, we’re happy it worked out. I called him and wished him the best of luck. Sometimes, you’ve got to make decisions that are better for your hockey club, and gaining cap (space) and cash means a lot for two years. “
There are a lot of teams that are either over the cap or right up against it, and if nothing happens right now, we’ll just go into training camp. We just gave ourselves so much more flexibility. Even if it doesn’t work out this year, going into next summer knowing that you don’t have that on your books is a relief.