So jacked about this trade, have wanted Toffoli for a long time. Breaking it down, piece by piece:
1) Toffoli comes with term, at a great cap hit of $4.25M - excellent
2) We give up a 2st - likely to be somewhere between 20 and 32. Not nothing, but it's not like it's a top 10, or even around 15.
3) Heineman - would have guessed a 2st and a prospect and if this is the prospect, sign me up! CP voted him 11th best prospect last year, which I think is very fair. And looking at the top 10, there isn't a single one that I would rather have lost before Heineman. I would now also throw in Kerins, Poirier and Sergeev as others I would not give up before Heineman, and maybe 1 or 2 others. So Heineman sits somewhere in the 10-15 range on the prospect list. Anyone not willing to give that up, in order to acquire a top 6 winger on a good contract, is flat out insane.
4) a 5th - sure, whatever
5) Pitlick - this is essentially a cap dump. So Toffoli costs $2.5M this year (then $4.25m the next 2 years)
So a late 1st, a 10-15 prospect, and a 5th, for a top 6 winger on a good contract who comes super cheap this year because of the cap dump.
That is a great deal. And we aren't giving up a roster player, which means Toffoli bumps Ritchie out of the lineup.
Fantastic deal.
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