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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
If we are actually going to compete for the division the smarter play would have been to trade Toffoli straight up for picks, hopefully get a 2nd and 3rd in this years draft and sign Yegor to a 3 year 9.3 million dollar deal and give up the 2024 2nd for him. 20024 2nd would have been around 50th-58th then and if we had gotten a 2nd and 3rd in this years draft we would be ahead in draft capital and have the player. Doubt the Devils want a guy who they healthy scratched in the playoffs at 3.1.
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So, in summary, the smarter play would have been to trade Toffoli and a 2024 2nd, for Yegor, and a 2023 2nd and 3rd.
Hard to argue that getting a better return from NJ wouldn’t be smarter, but have you considered that a better deal wasn’t on the table, or I guess Conroy would have taken it?