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Originally Posted by gvitaly
Just to push back on that point, what was Tarasenko last season? Didn't get fetch a couple of prospects a 1st and a 4th, I could be wrong though.
He definitely had a better career than Toffoli, but he wasn't better last year.
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Yes, he got more. But it was a TDL trade, when the 2023 draft seems so far away. Teams are more reluctant to part with them now.
Tarasenko was coming off a PPG season the year before and had 29 points in 38 games at the time of the trade, so yes, a bit of an off year but the Blues also retained half his salary, so NYR got him for a $3.75M cap hit (and even less in cash).
It was also a big mistake by NYR and GMs may have now figured that was too much.