This will be a mistake. Saros should be the one shopped not askarov. The timeline matches up for askarov and you look at the western conference… just my opinion of course but do not like reading this info.
Was going to post something similar. If a goalie has to go, Saros gets the better return and Askarov fits the timeline of a rebuild. I'd just sign a two-year band-aid in the meantime.
You're also kind of gambling if you trade either that the one won't suffer a debilitating injury or anything else like that. Just do not like the idea from any of the possible angles.
I don't really count that because its a gamble with every single player in the league. Only reason I factor injury in is if a guy has a history of it.
Any trade you're looking to make comes with a ton of gambles.
It's just a reason I'd like redundancy. If we had anything else that remotely looked like a future NHL netminder, different story.
I totally get this perspective but if our window is [x] years out rather than now, keeping Saros includes the risk that he is at the same level or an acceptable level when the time comes. Almost certainly a lower risk but still a risk and more the further out you think the window is.
I think you need to remember that the teams we're trying to trade with are rebuilding. There are 2 years left on Saros' contract. They aren't going to win a Stanley Cup in those 2 years. So Askarov may fit their timeline much better.
No one in the top of the draft is going to want Saros. They are all looking 3+ years if not longer down the road and he doesn't fit that time frame.
True why would the Sharks have any interest in Saros?
why trade just sign him as a FA. Doing so would force ESPN to cover hockey!
