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Bodden was in town on 2/27. Cassel was traded on 2/28.Are you claiming that the offer was made prior to Bodden coming to town? If not, your argument is completely irrelevant.
I don't know when the offer was made. And neither does anyone here. But they PROBABLY were talking numbers when he was in town which coincided with when Cassel was traded.
They couldn't buy anything until Cassel was traded. So they moved on the first good offer they got. Now, could they have waited two days, got a better deal and still signed Bodden and Springs ? As those two FA signed a little later, maybe, if there was a better deal to be made. But they didn't know that. For all they knew, they could have kept Cassel, not gotten a better deal, and seen Bodden and Springs sign elsewhere in the meantime.
I am not saying I know they made the best deal. But I am saying they were happy to get a valuable pick and open up the credit card right as the store opened. They may have lost the best case (we don't know as we don't know what the best case may have been) but they avoided the worst case. Knowing then what they knew then, I think it was the right move unless they thought there was a REALLY good chance of the 3 way trade getting done and done quickly.