On June 19th, 2018, Dale Tallon pulled the trigger on acquiring Mike Hoffman from the San Jose Sharks. It was a bit of an odd deal, he was traded by the Ottawa Senators earlier that day and was later flipped to wind up in South Florida.
Luckily for the Panthers, Hoffman’s trade value was at an all-time low after alleged off-ice issues surrounding his fiance and Erik Karlsson‘s wife.
When it was all said and done, the deal only cost the Cats a fourth-round and a fifth-round pick in 2018 as well as a second-round pick in 2019.