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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Ondrej Kase has identical career stats (43 goals, 97 points in 204 games) to Kapanen ( 41 goals, 90 points in 202 games) and Boston traded a 2020 1st and a prospect for him, while also dumping a year of David Backes $4.5M contract.
So yeah feels like an overpayment to me, they gave up the same return the Bruins gave up for Kase (who has much better advanced stats) while not dumping salary as well. Sure Kase had injury concerns, but really is Kapanen a better player. I don't think so.
Plus the prospect quality shouldn't be overlooked here. Hallander was a second rounder who is trending well post draft. Based on the hockey prospecting stats his nhl equivalency numbers post draft rank about 5th among the forwards in that draft, and puts him in the same tier as guys like Farabee or Hayton from that draft. So not just a throw in either.
As an aside: I wonder how many times in NHL history a team has used a first to draft a player, and then in the future used another first to trade for the player. Can't be that many times.
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I think Kapanen is better than Kase, personally. But that is a good comparison.