OK. I get the reasoning, but what I'm curious about and would be interested in hearing your thoughts in part two since it's not one of your justifications there: It looks like you're treating this as choice A (von Braxton) or choice B (Campbell + von Braxton). But where is choice C, and the one I was focusing on in my statement: Campbell, but trading von Braxton? In that case, you're only about $1.5M over, either the price of Nezhmetdinov or downgrading the depreciating and inactive Delicious slightly.
I feel like it's the exact same thing I criticized Calgary for in Season 46 - you have to know what your window of opportunity is. For New York, it's probably now through Season 50, maybe even before then if McJustice can't be replaced. What's the point of holding onto a S47 goalie in that case, building for a future where you won't be contending anyway? Wouldn't it be smarter to ride out a proven thing in Campbell, then pick up one of the glut of goalies currently in the league (hey there, Weinstein) if you want and try in S50 or 51? Not to mention that you literally can't bring your next player up until Advantage is traded anyway.