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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
It’s more about the term, age, and trajectory of Tanev.
Arizona is desperate to shed salary - why not try to see if they will give you something to take Hjalmarsson or Demers off their hands?
Tampa is in a tight cap crunch...maybe you can pry a young RFA like Cernak away from them or even try an offer sheet ($4.3M would cost a 2nd and Tampa can’t afford that)
Even just budget options for a guy like Ceci might not be a huge downgrade at this stage of Tanev’s career.
Giving 4 years and $4.5M to a 31 year old injury prone dman that is on a downward trajectory just never seems like a good move.
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Tanev and Brodie got the same term, they are the same age, and I don't think you're right about Tanevs supposed poor trajectory
Who's to say discussions haven't been had with teams like Arizona and Tampa? Sometimes there just isn't a fit
You've suggested both Murray and Ceci as budget options, and I'd argue that neither are even close to Tanev in any aspect of the game. Murray is significantly worse defensively, offers no more offensively, makes more than Tanev, is just as injury prone and cost an asset for NJ to acquire him
I disagree that Tanev is on a downward trajectory. He just had one of his best regular seasons of his career, he played every single regular season and playoff game injury free, and he was extremely valuable in the playoffs
I've noticed you're really down on this deal, I just don't think it's going to be nearly as bad as you think. Only time will tell I guess