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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
It's very frustrating that it's Vegas, and it's disappointing they missed out on potentially better offers because Andersson wouldn't re-sign anywhere, but really it's not that garbage.
Let's look at comparable trades of dmen that were traded the last two years (going back to the 2024 draft):
Carlo for 2026 1st, Minten, 4th
Schenn for 2026 2nd, 4th
Walman for 2026 1st
Dumolin for 2026 2nd
Seth Jones for 2026 1st and Spencer Knight (lots of term and retention)
Chychrun for Nick Jensen + 3rd
Sergachev for JJ Moser, Geekie, 2nd
Andersson for 2027 1st, 2028 2nd (that can become a 1st), Whitecloud, and Wiebe.
The Andersson return is pretty much better than that bunch, it's actually similar to Jones and Sergachev but those guys were traded with lots of term left. Whitecloud is better than Jensen and Ottawa only got a 3rd on top of him.
I know you don't like Whitecloud but that player could easily become another 1st in the next 14 months. His contract is great and he's very comparable to Carlo.
I defended you this week but for a guy who was pretty adamant the return didn't matter and to just move Andersson you are sure mad about the return.
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I didn't care about the return months ago when I wanted us to tank. We aren't going to out tank Vancouver now, so will not be guaranteed a top 3 pick and game changer.
We also picked up Whitecloud which doesn't make our team too much worse. I wanted to gut the team, not pick up more vets to keep us out of the bottom of the league. And stop us from playing more younger players.
I hate the trade.