Value of: Winners and Losers in the Expansion Draft

[mondo3]

Which teams do you think won or lost in their deals with Vegas? I could add a poll if people want one...

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[Joey Bones]

Loss = Islanders

for sure....

 

[Pens x]

Biggest loser = Vegas

 

[dma0034]

Winner = Canucks

 

[FreeBobbyFarnham]

Montreal winners for sure

 

[ujju2]

No deals, but as predicted, the Oilers avoided any significant damage.

 

[CandyCanes]

Hurricanes. We thought we were losing Stempniak or we were going to give up a 2/3rd to have them pick someone else to keep him. Instead they took Brickley + a 5th. Brickley was wayyy down our depth chart.

 

[66-30-33]

Pens are winners. Shed almost 6M and give up a 2020 2nd round pick.

 

[vcanuck]

from the Canucks POV we are winners. No more 4m dollar Spizza delivery man.

 

[WilliamNylander]

Biggest losers = Vegas

 

[Headshot77]

I think Pittsburgh came out ahead, we just gained a TON of cap space.

 

[allan5oh]

Winners = jets

Everyone in their division lost roster players. Wild lost a good prospect. The jets actually had addition by subtraction in losing Thorburn.

 

[TheSauceBoss]

Winner = Wild

 

[Volica]

Biggest Winners:
Montreal & Vancouver

Losers:
NYI & Preds (Garth with a lol of a trade, Preds lose likely the best skater at the draft).

 

[Chardo]

Loss = Islanders

for sure....

How so? Looks like they gave up unneeded picks to dump $5M of dead cap space instead of losing any good players. Seems like a win.

 

[wingsfan17]

I think Minnesota and Anaheim are major winners, they got sweetheart deals. Losers I would say Florida, Ottawa, and Nashville.

 

[NYI13]

Loss = Islanders

for sure....

They don't lose Nelson/Strome/DeHaan to expansion...

They lose Grabovski's contract.

They give up a 1st this year and a 2nd in two years.

Loss? Hard to say, until we see what Snow does with the cap space.

 

[GregSirico]

Islanders ... just LOL

 

[Fandlauer]

Sens are pretty big losers imo

#2 Dman gone for nothing. With nobody to replace him.

 

[WesMcCauley]

Minnesota definitely a winner. Didnt give up a great prospect and only lost Haula. Could have been alot worse for them. They most likely had deals in place for Dumba/Scandella/Brodin trades so they didnt expose any of them if Vegas didnt take Haula+prospect

 

[Help]

Winners: Montreal, Dallas, Vancouver all lost deadweight for free. That's a win. Could throw Minnesota and Anaheim on there as well, considering how hard they could have been hit but managed to avoid it

Losers: Vegas, Florida, Tampa, Islanders, Columbus, Nashville

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Minnesota definitely came out pretty solid. Considering they had not 1, but 2 Top 4D exposed and only had to pay a B prospect to protect both and instead just lose a bottom 6 forward.



Nasvhille was a big loser as they lost one of its top forwards. Probably the single best player lost in the draft.

 

[AkiLumme]

Biggest Winner = Wild

They were in probably the worst situation of anybody and managed to only lose a current 3rd line forward and a future 3rd line forward. Not bad at all.

 

[Charlie Conway]

Sens are pretty big losers imo

#2 Dman gone for nothing. With nobody to replace him.

Marc Staal come on down...

Looks bad for the Isles but not that bad when you really look at it.

Sucks losing Lindberg from an NYR perspective. I think he is going to surprise.

Boston losing Miller is a tough one, in my opinion.

 

[FinnishCoyote]

Arizona lost Pulkkinen