I think I'm fairly even on the deal? Hard not to have been a bit hyped prior to anything being done with the high picks and top prospects being thrown around, but selfishly, I'm glad he was the first to go. Literally every time he was out there, it was fingers crossed he doesn't take a puck to the knee or something.
Another thing to consider, it was clear Tanev wanted to go to a contender and Dallas is certainly one of those. Perhaps there were other, maybe even better, deals out there but Connie did him a solid and didn't send him to some middling team (ie. the stink up north).
Hopefully keeps it open for a potential "home-town" deal in the summer. Wouldn't mind having him back say 3x3 or something.
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