Pair of Eagles fly the coup in expansion draft

I'm not surprised Kvasha and Cullimore were taken. But I never thought they would both go as early as they did (Kvasha 5th overall, Cullimore 16th overall). I guess where I saw problems with each player, the expansion owners saw potential to help their squads. Just goes to show that sometimes an owner can be too close to a certain set of players to always make the right evaluation of them.

Cullimore was a disappointing signing last year, as he didn't really bring what I thought he would to the table in RHL15. With 2 years and $3.3M left on his contract, and a looming decline in ratings for RHL17, he quickly became a liability instead of an asset.

Kvasha was frustrating. I picked him up a few seasons ago and waited for him to reach his supposed potential. I thought he took a big step forward in 03-04, as he finished with 51 pts, tied for first on the NYI. I didn't think his ratings reflected his NHL value, and it showed in RHL15 as he never really seemed to get anything done. Then after seeing his production in the 'new NHL' drop to 32 points this year, I had seen enough.

I think this is good step for the organization. It frees up $2.2M in salary space, which I hope can be put to better use.

My big question going into the expansion draft was what to do with Theodore, and what would happen if he was left exposed. I think my question was answered after seeing the 1st round draft results. I can't argue my team is better for having him around in RHL16, but I now have to deal with a $3.4M starter with terrible numbers come RHL17.