It's another thread where Montreal fans overvalue Montreal assets and massively undervalue everyone else's.
Oh? I didn't realize I was doing either of those things, my mistake.
Jeff Petry, 2nd pairing veteran defenseman making 5.5 x 3 is "one of the best", "a phenomenal second pairing guy".
30 year old, who put up 42 points last year with a rookie (Mete) as his best partner. Followed by Karl Alzner and Jordie Benn, who are bottom pairing (at best) players. 42 points was good for 24th amongst all defencemen (19th in goals), ahead of your own Nick Leddy (who scored less goals but the same amount of points)
Petry had as many, or more points than OEL, Provorov, Ristolainen, Ekblad, Giordano, Werenski, Ellis, Fowler and McAvoy.
Petry also had one of the highest PK minutes per game of said top scoring D-men, and half of his points came from the PP
So what I get from this, is that Petry (30) is an all-purpose defenceman on a sweetheart contract, who scores like a top pairing defenceman, can quarterback a powerplay, and can kill penalties.
Johnny Boychuk, 2nd pairing veteran defenseman making 6 x 4 is "a cap dump" who you're happy to take from our team, for a price.
Boychuk isn't coming "at a price" --- he's coming over to balance the cap for your team because that is what you do when you make trades. Boychuk is in every way a worse player than Jeff Petry, and is on a worse contract. Boychuk also hasn't played a full season ever in his NHL career (with only 194 games in the past three seasons) whereas Petry has played 162 games in the past two seasons alone. You are getting a superior player, who is healthier, and can contribute on both ends of the ice at a cheaper price --- but sure, keep telling yourself that I'm "overvaluing" our assets.
We see the value in two of Veleno/Kotkaniemi/Bouchard/Wahlstrom/Smith at 11 and 12 as well. So if we're trading either of these picks, we're going to trade them for players we need, not players Montreal has decided they want to give up.
Your team needs goaltending (Grubauer)
Your team needs defensive depth (Petry +)
Your team needs wingers who can contribute offensively (Patches)
Obviously the kids that will be drafted at 11/12 have immense value, but you won't get to reap the benefits of it for several years (2-4) --- you need players that can help you win NOW, especially when your team is trying to pitch its franchise player to re-up for another 8 years. If Tavares leaves, your team obviously needs to keep those picks because the rebuild starts the second Tavares signs elsewhere. The move isn't about vacuum value, it's about how it translates in the real world.
Patches is a better goal scorer than any player on your entire roster on a per game basis, and in the last five years Patches has two less goals than Tavares, even despite having an awful 17 goal campaign this year. If you put Patches on Tavares' wing, you're getting 40 goals or more from him, and he would more than likely be your leading goal scorer.
That doesn't mean a project goalie stuck behind Price.
I mean, your goalie this year was Jaroslav, but alright.
That doesn't mean Jeff Petry no matter how much you want me to believe "Petry >>>>>>>>>> Boychuk" and is a massive upgrade for the Islanders.
Read stats above. I don't need you to believe it for it to be true.