Montreal just comes into a deal that doesn't need them, gives up 2 1sts and somehow walks away with 3? Wtf is this
Yeah I should remove Coronato/lower it to a 2nd or a lower prospect, but I don't believe in editing trade posts because then it makes all the other posts make no sense so I am just leaving it.
I think my thinking behind MTL being involved is two-fold
1) They can act as a broker who is willing to eat a few million for two full seasons on an asset that wasn't theirs to begin with (how many teams would do this and what would the cost be?)
2) They can provide multiple draft picks, including CGY's native 1st. Many Flames fans have mentioned that it is likely to be Florida's pick, but nobody has been able to clarify to me how the conditions work.
To my knowledge, if Florida is a lottery team (you get lottery balls for missing the playoffs and can jump up to 10 spots so even missing the playoffs at 16 counts as a 'lottery pick') then the CGY 2025 1st is the Habs UNLESS it is 1OA - in that case, 2-10OA could still be forfeit so long as Florida misses the playoffs ... Sure, they probably won't, but if they did, that changes this deal tremendously. Having that asset locked in allows the Flames to commit to a rebuild without fear of a top 5 pick being pulled from them.
If this is not true, then the Habs have no reason to be apart of this deal and that is just me misunderstanding how the terms of the pick exchange work. If it is true, then the Devils are paying a premium, but getting a 75% retained all-star goalie for two years, and the Flames are freeing themselves of all the stipulations that could in a not-so-insane scenario see a top 5 pick change hands next draft. Again, Coronato is probably still too much to ask especially for a rebuilding team so maybe a 2nd or something makes more sense - but that was my logic at least.