Taking the $4.5mil Chuck Fletcher saved by trading Shayne Gostisbehere to the Arizona Coyotes and investing in a time machine would have been better than his deal with the Buffalo Sabres for Rasmus Ristolainen.
Yesterday, Fletcher traded Gostisbehere, the 2022 second round, and 2022 seventh-round picks for nothing. Today, Fletcher sent the 2021 first-round pick, 2023 second-round pick, and Robert Hagg for Ristolainen. It’s debunked one clue regarding his press conferences. Fletcher is sharing one idea and executing the antithesis.
Remember, trading Gostisbehere was to be purely a “cap space move.