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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Dube ($2.3M) + Valimaki ($1.55M, $425K bury penalty) for Toffoli ($4.25M) and a 4th. Flames take on $1.525 with Valimaki in the minors, which is below the amount they have to play with. Move out Dube and replace him with Pelletier.
Gaudreau-Lindholm-Tkachuk
Coleman-Monahan-Toffoli
Pelletier-Backlund-Mangiapane
Lucic-Ruzickia-Lewis
Profit.
Pelletier-
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We absolutely do not know if Pelletier is going to be better than Dube if he were called up tomorrow. In fact, almost definitely not. After being drafted they've had very similar trajectories. After ripping up juniors this was their D+2 AHL rookie seasons:
Dube: 37gp 39pts
Pelletier: 36gp 36pts (so far)
Dube's next 2 NHL seasons would of resulted in a 29pt and 35pt pace adjusted for the full year. He also played 25 NHL games in his D+2 year and put up a measly 5pts in 25gp. If you are expecting "profit" in the fact that Pelletier will just jump in and be able to produce at a materially higher pace than Dube's first two NHL seasons, you will be extremely disappointed.
I'm not against trading Dube if the right deal came up, but we need something else coming back to replace his current production.