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I agree with your stated minimum as well, I'm sure we could get a real nice return. And rest assured we will be out of it. There's no doubt about it. And it needs to be a 1st rounder for starters.
It has to be a 1st rounder AND it has to be a 1st rounder in either the '22 or '23 draft, OUR choice. In addition if the team we trade with gets to the conference finals I'd want a third rounder as well. If that team goes far we could be drafting very late this year between 28-32, so we need to have the option to wait and take that pick in the '23 draft. As well as a prospect (one of their top 3) for example. Especially if we're retaining salary.The only reason I'm still 50/50 on it is that so many players are still recovering from bouts with Covid. They aren't that far out of a playoff spot at the moment, so if they fully recover and go on a run, they certainly could end up making the playoffs.
But I think they're just as likely to fall farther behind. Granted, I tend towards optimism, in general, I admit
As for "1st rounder for starters", I could go with a 2nd rounder, but only if the prospect coming in is a top prospect, not just a good one. Basically, the prospect would end up needing to be the equivalent of a 1st.
If I am mistaken, then someone please correct me, but I believe Ronnie had effectively the same ED/negotiation rules and perhaps less ancillary catalysts as did GMGM for VGK. Zero question the results are vastly different. Vegas was lucky with a guy like Fleury available, and being rewarded to select him, no less, and the FL Panthers certainly seemed interested in getting the Knights rolling fast.
I think you could say that Pittsburgh helped Seattle quite a bit, indirectly/directly giving them two of their top 5 leading scorers.
You should be joking. He scored 55 goals in 951 games. Damn it! You punks have me stanning for ZAR.
Picks would be nice but those two players don't really move the needle. Philly gave AZ a 2nd and 7th to take on Ghost and the $9MM owed to him over the next two years. Meh.
Hard to say what Ghost's impact would be, greatly may be an exaggeration, he does skate very well. The 9 million cap hit ain't an exaggeration. Dillon brings some grit to a team that already has some grit. Maybe we have a marginally better team with these guys, but nothing earthshaking. Kraken's PP generally gets into the zone cleanly and seems to set up well, given their production is about as poor as the Pens. Then the trouble starts, shooting/crashing the net/puck luck.
Philly had to search for folks willing to be bribed in the Ghost deal. With one year of 4.5MM hit left a year from now, I can't imagine why Ghost suddenly attracts suitors with assets. Cap remains tight for nearly all teams. Ghost's 13 points now could be an outlier soon to revert, he had a hot start but has 2 points in the last 5 games and still zero goals for the year. Maybe he is a 40pt/year blue liner, maybe he isn't, not easy to predict given his injury history and how long it has been since he produced at that level?
And he had 12 points/5 g playing 42 in the year before that, and 37 points/9 g playing 78 games in the year before that. Arguing Ghost's production is consistent or predictable is disingenuous.
