If San Jose is a moron to trade for Rielly, wouldn’t that also make Seattle a moron as well?
I’d think Seattle would need a sweetner to take on Rielly 4yrs vs. 1 year of Dunn.
Because San Jose is an easier sell to UFAs than Seattle so they’re more likely to be able to pull in quality players. They’re less likely to have to settle for a shit D like Rielly with other options available. Rielly won’t be traded until every other option is exhausted and teams get desperate. San Jose is less likely to get desperate for an anchor contract and a bad D.
Seattle on the other hand is run by idiots. They just added Melinda Gates as part of ownership. They don’t give a fuck about winning a Cup. They’re just trying to win the woke Olympics. And Rielly would fit in perfectly. Again, to a team like Seattle, adding Rielly gives them a guaranteed player for 4 more years at 7.5 AAV. Any UFAs they hope to add would cost them much, much more than that as they’d have to grossly overpay to get somebody to live and play in Seattle much like the Leafs have to grossly overpay players to sign in TO.