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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Player A: Age: 26 on the trade block. Former top 10 pick. Whole career with one team to this point. 2 years at ~6 mil remaining on contract. Centre.
Games Goals Assists Points +/-
586 178 250 428 -60
Player B: Age: 26 on the trade block. Former top 10 pick. Whole career with one team to this point. 2 years at ~6 mil remaining on contract. Centre.
Games Goals Assists Points +/-
572 201 230 431 -30
Duchene was worse, cost more relative to cap, and was actively pouting for a trade. He returned Ottawa's 2017 1st, Shane Bowers, a 2018 1st, a 2018 2nd, a 2018 3rd, Sam Girard (2016 2nd round pick) and Vlad Kamenev (2014 2nd).
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One massive difference between the players is Duchene's skating ability, which inflated his value. His 'tools' at a glance are more tantalizing than Mony. Now, he's fallen off a cliff and I wouldn't touch him with a ten-foot pole, but his skillset was elite and potential was never realized. GM's pay a premium for tools like MD.
Bad trade is a bad trade, though. Good for Sakic. Again, we should prepare to be massively disappointed expecting anything close to that for Mony.