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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
1a. The goalie involved is probably not worth 25% of what Wolf is worth. Maybe Chechelev.
1b. Florida's 1st was protected. As would Calgary's.
For me, the deal would be scary because Reinhart can be a UFA soon if he wants to be.
That would be my main reservation. It could an expensive rental.
2. You would've just been "okay" with this deal? I think Calgarypuck would been crazily overjoyed if the Flames had made this trade for Buchnevich.
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1) Levi and Wolf are similar, and Wolf for sure would have been the ask from Buffalo. Both were 7th round picks. Both really broke out after their draft. Wolf is more proven overall at junior. But Levi started for the WJC team and played amazing, while Wolf was back up for the US. And due to Covid that’s really the most recent memories GMs would have from these two goalies. Levi is a draft year later too, so a little further behind the development curve from that perspective.
Wolf for sure would have been the ask from Buffalo though IMO.
2) That deal would come down to contract. Buchnevich could be deadset on just taking whatever he gets awarded in arbitration, which would walk him right to UFA. He still hasn’t signed in St.Louis so tough to say until that’s wrapped up. If he’s was willing to sign with some term though then yeah I would have been ecstatic with a similar deal.