BluesSK wrote:ccfan22 wrote:Not to toot my own horn (but totally tooting my own horn), but I had this pegged about 8 hours ago right after news broke we signed Bozak. That move didn't make sense in a vacuum - DA played this one pretty well, have to give him credit (as well as Stillman for bucking up to keep Kyrou/Kostin/Thomas out of this trade by paying the bonus this year).
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Master poker player. Signs Bozak early in the day to make other teams think the Blues are out on O'Reilly. Other teams tighten up their offers to BUF and Armstrong comes in over the top to pull off the trade.
Impressive.
Yah, not that that's the only reason you sign Bozak, but that had to be a decent enough factor - a pretty big coup right here - to get arguably the 2nd best C available in UFA (with Stastny), and then get the best C available on the trade market. It just seemed like the Bozak deal didn't make sense in a vacuum - especially with how many forwards we had - didn't think DA would be able to get rid of Bergy AND Sobi, but figured a Thompson/Foley, Bergy/Sobi, 1st and 2nd could be a real possibility (in my dreams).