I think that what you think about this trade is determined by Chytil. Because if you think he's a ~50 point center, then this is a decent trade. You've moved off a 31 year old player in decline for a 25 year old one who costs about half as much, you retained no salary and got a couple of upside bets with a young, good-skating RHD who's 6'4 and could be a 2nd pairing guy if he hits, as well as what looks like it'll be somewhere in the 15-20 range (the Rangers currently sit 12th in draft order but will likely either make the wild card or just miss it).
If you think Chytil is a ~4M cap hit that is going to spend his remaining term on LTIR, then it's pretty underwhelming but I guess at least you cleared cap space.
It's not a very good return but it's not terrible either, especially given the situation they put themselves in, largely because they didn't retain salary. That's the big silver lining for them.
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