I don't mind this trade at all, and I am glad Conroy held true to his words of not walking these guys to free agency. I know everyone was hoping for a 1st, this may have been an option for some teams aka Toronto, what we don't know is if Tanev was willing to waive to go there as they may have been on the no trade list. The teams interested in Tanev was likely big, but combined with the NTC it may have shrunk down quickly.
As for the package, I don't really have strong feeling towards the prospect either way, just look at Tim Erixon, if we received a player like that in the trade we would call it a win, hindsight a bust. With that said if we acquired Marty Pospisil in a trade a few years a ago for Tanev we would have been calling it a terrible trade. I think the 2nd gives us a chance at adding another prospect to the pool.
I am glad we jumped on this when we did as he it seems like walking on tight rope if he was going stay healthy or not. I hope him the best and I feel like he will be a great fit in Dallas, and I hope they get to the cup final.
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