Lehkonen is getting very underrated here, sure he's not a sexy name like Sergachev but the kid is gonna be a 30-goal scorer and will be a major part of Buffalo's top-6. He is damn good. It hurts the Habs to give him up. He is only 22 and O'Reilly is 27, he will fit much better with Buffalo's young core. I understand people are throwing around Zadorov's name from the other trade with Colorado, but who's to say Lehkonen doesn't developp into an equal player to Zadorov? One poster in this thread also just mentionned Scherbak may have higher ceiling than Lehkonen. So you're getting two potential 55-60 pts wingers who are still extremely young, you're getting a potential starter in Lindgren and you're getting a high second round pick. I mean would you rather have Compher and Grigorenko than this?
And also what team out there has the cap space and the desire to acquire ROR while giving up a top-5 pick or a Drouin-esque player?
A package highlighted by a Lehkonen-type player is not a bad deal at all and will likely be in the ballpark for ROR. I mean it was rumoured Pittsburgh only offered something like Rust+Simon for Max Domi. Teams are not lining up to overpay for players.
If you think about it Lehkonen would likely be a mid-1st round pick in a re-draft. So you're getting a mid-1st and you're piling on Scherbak, Lindgren and a high 2nd to that. That's good value for ROR.