Trade concluded between the Canadiens and the Capitals: another ridiculous offer was made and it says a lot about the Edmundson trade

Many were disappointed with the return (3rd and 7th round picks) especially considering that the Habs retained 50% of Edmundson's salary, but know that it could have been much worse.

See what the excellent Marco D'Amico mentioned:

Wow! So it's a good trade from Kent Hughes under the circumstances.

Let's not forget that guys like Ryan Johansen, Matt Duchene, Filip Zadina and many others were given away for free, or were bought out, simply because teams are so incredibly tight under the NHL's salary cap.

It puts things into perspective.

According to D'Amico's sources, without salary retention, the trade could have looked like this:

At least one team would have made an offer like this. That says a lot.