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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
So Toffoli is better 5 on 5 and significantly better on the PP and has one more Cup. Is that the basic summary? You could give Smith the exact same PP time and he would not do as well as Toffoli in my opinion, Toffoli is a much better offensive player and his underlying defensive stats are better. We will see this year, Smith will undoubtedly play with a better center than Toffoli ever has, should be a career year if situational play is a significant factor.
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Toffoli is better. I think "much" better is arguable.
And if you look at return...Toffoli returned a player that's probably worth about a 2nd (based on the Colton trade) and a 3rd vs just a 3rd.
So was he worth almost 2x as much...probably not.
In the end it still shows how the market for 30+ year old forwards/wingers is relatively soft.