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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
Easy big fella.
Lots of decent players have been waived this year that wouldn't have been any other time.
Connolly Last 2 years:
22g 46p
19g 33p 69gp (23-40 pace)
He's been bad this year. 2 more years at 3.5 ain't great. FLA also brought in Duclair, Wennberg, Hornqvist, and Tippett...could also be that BC just doesn't fit well anymore and isn't suited to his slot. But, maybe he'd be a bit better than Ritchie or Leivo (of course we don't need to be chasing that mythical RW anymore)
Gio's hasn't been great. 1x6.75 ain't great.
I don't think FLA does the deal because they need an RD. It's hard to gauge Gio's trade value, and waiting another year comes with risk. It boils down to taking back an extra year of AAV to land a 1st. It's a fine proposal.
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I just don’t think Connelly is a good player and I think the fall of Gio is vastly overstated. Nobody seems to comment that he went from playing with other legit top pairing Dmen over the past several years in Brodie and Hamilton to plying with a guy who was on our third pair for large portions of the last 2 years.