Who adds what?
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I agree they slightly overpaid on each. That's how trade deadlines work. Teams figure out which of the twenty available players they want. Then they get into mindless bidding wars on those two guys. If they win, they overpay compared to what kind of trades would make sense in the summer. But what they get for that is the chance to make last minute changes their team needs before the playoffs.
Last year I didnt' understand what Kempny brought until halfway through this year, but now I get it. I'm confident these guys add something important, each, but I also think Washington got really, really lucky with Smith-Pelly clearing waivers, because I think he also contributed a lot more than people can agree on, last Spring, what with the seven goals, all the checking, and the penalty killing.