There came a time in the history of the CBJ where it was thought that trading Marian Gaborik at the trade deadline was important because he was an Unrestricted Free Agent (UFA) at the end of the season. It was considered important to get assets for him instead of taking a dead loss in free agency. That was the thought. We'll review the trade in a minute. The unfortunate reality was that later that year, down a goal to the Penguins late in an elimination playoff game, the guys we had coming down the ice were not 'high danger' guys.
Lessons from the Gaborik Trade
