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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Yikes, don't know why I said that, just mistyped I guess. However, he's scored 30 once, while Max Domi has scored 10 goals once. Also, four of Domi's nine goals last year were empty-netters.
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Not a hill I feel the need to die on for sure, think Montreal lost the trade. But it's not like Domi was chopped liver. He had an 18 goal season, "averaged" 50 points over his career. Again, the point was moreso that it was a trade that wasn't possible without Domi being drafted before he became a GM and should probably just wait for the actual season to see how well it turns out for both teams.
I think the bigger concern is the moneypuck aspect that Chayka was suppose to come in and help make the small-budget team competitive. Now take a look at their 2018-2019 defense:
OEL-8.25M
Goligoski - 5.5M
Hjalmarsson - 5M
Demers - 4M
Connauton - 1.4M
Chychrun - ???
Oesterle/depth - ~1M
That's over 25M without Chychrun signed. Tampa's defense currently has the highest cap-hit this year with 26M. Of course a lot will change before next season, but that's going to be one of, if not the, highest paid defense in the league next year if they don't make a move. For a team that doesn't like spending to the cap floor, spending half your budget on a below average defense doesn't seem like a successful formula.