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Originally Posted by Macho0978
How can anyone come on here and truly evaluate Reinhart for Gaudreau when we have 0 idea of the contract demand? If Reinhart signed a 7 year extension at 6 per year he is worth Johnny 1 for 1 IMO. If his contract creeps north of 6 per year the farther north it goes the more I'd want in return in that deal. Not enough people put enough value in control/existing contract.
There have been a few 1 for 1 deals where players that were perceived as the better player but had less control years on their contract went straight up for a much lessor player who had more control and made less money.
Fiala for Granlund
Domi for Galchenyuk
These are 2 trades that come to mind where Minnesota and Montreal got torched for trading the superior player 1 for 1 for a much lessor player. Both trades worked out great for them and Nashville and Arizona ended up with far less value or nothing for the players they got. Production favored the lessor player in both cases too.
I'm not saying we should trade Gaudreau for Reinhart but if he is willing to sign long term here for a good deal it does become more interesting of a trade. Reinhart may be interested in signing here long term for less than he would in Buffalo. I'd have no problem letting Treliving work his magic signing another young RFA.
If he can snag more in the deal too great but demanding 8th overall and Middlestadt in a trade isn't a must unless Reinhart wants too much money.
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Disagree entirely- Reinhart, even at a good contract, will never bring the offensive driving ability that Johnny does. That is the reason for the 8th being required.
I actually see Johnny for Reinhart + 8th as being too stacked in our favor, I agree with you there. But not so substantially. Hence my proposal of Johnny + Hanifin for Reinhart+Ristolainen+8th.
Buffalo gets to upgrade on their winger for eichel (Johnny>Reinhart) and their young blueliner (hanifin>Risto) and the flames get a top 10 pick to make up the difference. Meanwhile, the flames can also go out and sign hall.
This achieves 3 important things for our squad:
- Rebalances RHS/LHS in forwards and D
- Gives us controllable assets instead of johnny
- Gives us a shot at a top centre with the 8 pick (or askarov...)
For Buffalo, it gives them two high performing american players who are familiar playing with Eichel. Hopefully enough to keep him happy, which IMO is their only focus at this point.