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Originally Posted by iggysback05
Kessel for Poirier, 2015 1st and David Jones (no salary retained)
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That's more than a reasonable offer. Up until this year he's been a pretty consistent point-per-game player, 35+ goal scorer. There's very very few players you can say the same about, and he's still only 27.
He's uncharismatic, looks older than he is and is almost certainly not meant to be a leader of a team. It doesn't help that he wasn't able to get a 'retirement' cap-circumvention contract but 10M+ will be the norm for the top tier players in the league. 8M is reasonable for an elite player. He's been able to do what only the elite players have done recently. Over the past 4 years, only Malkin and Giroux have outscored him by more than a margin of 6 points.
If it's possible to get him without giving up Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, Giordano or Brodie, it's a deal that Treliving would almost certainly jump on. I really doubt that would be the case though.