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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I do think Peterka is a lot closer to Victor Olofsson than he is to Sam Reinhart. It's a very understandable gamble for Utah but I don't think it instantly transforms them or anything.
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I think all three of these players are being overrated if Reinhart is being used as a comparison. I don't see Peterka as Reinhart either. I see Peterka more of a Toffoli than a Reinhart.
I don't see much upside in Doan being more than a bottom 6 guy at the NHL level. And if Kesserling is a top 4, it's just barely. On a Cup contending defense, he's a bottom pairing defenseman IMO. Until he actually plays top 4 minutes and excels at it, I'm skeptical. He'll be 26 before the All-Star break, so he could be pretty close to reaching his potential at this point. I'll split the difference call him a 4/5 guy.
So the way I see it:
Peterka (2nd line scoring winger)
for
Doan (Bottom 6 winger)
Kesserling (2nd-3rd pairing defenseman)
Neither of the latter are bad players by any means, but I have only a small amount of doubt that Utah is walking away with the best player in the trade.