I’m whelmed by this return. For those saying that this would impact our first round pick this year, I don’t think there is any way Vegas was going to miss. This pushed the lottery chance a bit further down potentially, as Vegas keeps getting older.
Whitecloud is a serviceable second pairing dman who could possibly help our youngsters develop. Ideally we flip him this year, but most likely he does get flipped in the next year or so for more assets. Our system does help defensemen look better than they are (case in point Hanley), so hopefully he thrives here to get us something either this deadline or next.
We get an additional second next year, and I’m impressed with our drafting. I’d rather get that than a 23/24 year old prospect, who potentially has stalled or taken a step backin his development. Those are the players who were generally rumored to be possibilities.
Anything that helps Edmonton get out is also a plus.
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