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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Exactly the way I see it. Fills a primary need (top 4 RHD) and lets us swing for the fences on a top 10 pick. The rest of the trades are lacking a real home run pick.
Philadelphia is a low first, Frost (who is good but no shot at being Johnny good) and Ghost is largely a cap dump right now.
Georgiev is alright and on the upswing, Buchenvich is one of those guys that we hear will be good every year, and a mid first. Still no hope of a player as good as johnny.
Merzlinkins is interesting because he's a very legit tender prospect (moreso than Georgiev IMO.) But i've never liked Boone Jenner (think he's best in bottom 6 role) and the pick is again mid round. As an aside, because of the wild variation in 13-70 of this draft i would say it's potentially one of the worst ever to have mid 1st round picks in. You might be able to get similar or better value players with two 2nds.
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Premise behind all of these deals is to get 2 players + 1st rounder back. Also went in with idea that we have to take money back given the flat cap. Tried to find best fit.
Philly - Ghost isn't that far removed from some good seasons. Can this be re-captured? Believe so. Lots of changes in Philly and could be a victim of the upheaval. AV is a coach that can bury players if he doesn't like them and this could be the case here. Went back and forth between Frost/Farabee but believe Frost is better fit as he is a C and is Canadian and may stay longer than Farabee
NYR - have young G which would be the best piece coming back. Could stabilize us for years instead of a stop gap. While Buchnevich won't replace Johnny, he will provide some of the offence we lose in this trade.
CLB - went with Elvis over Joonas as they are interchangeable but the salary for Elvis is higher which helps CLB sign Dubois. Could go with either goalie really. For Jenner, he wears a letter and plays an honest game. Didn't have the best playoff but believe his game would translate better in the playoffs if used properly. Seems like a player who will do anything to help the team win, maybe just a personal bias.
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Originally Posted by ComixZone
The only one that proposes quality for quality is NJD. Everything else is just quantity for quality.
Big no to everything but the NJD trade, but even then it should just be 7th + 18th, no Severson/Woods.
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Took Severson back as we need D and probably need to take salary back. Garrioch said they might want to move Butcher instead and really, I'm ok with either given our hole on D. Woods plays a tough game which we need more of and comes at a decent hit.
Getting a first back in all deals proposed is not inconsequential given that there are teams looking to dump salary. Could use the first to get a good player or use it to pick in a deep draft. Creates flexibility.