The Jets traded Kane, Zach Bogosian, and unsigned goaltending prospect Jason Kasdorf to the Sabres on Wednesday in exchange for Tyler Myers, Drew Stafford, prospects Brendan Lemieux, Joel Armia and a first-round draft pick.
According to TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger, the first-round pick going to Winnipeg will be the lowest of the three that Buffalo currently owns.
No way the Caps were matching that. They would have had to give up Carlson.
Great is a bit much for both. Myers might end up the better of the two since he's going from Gorges to Enstrom and Winnipeg overall is a far better possession team. I've always found Bogosian pretty average. Tough, solid physically mostly but he's missed a lot of games lately and his passing and overall hockey sense aren't that great. I like Buffalo adding Kane but they should have stopped there.Exactly. Bogosian is a great young dman. So is Myers, but that's a big swap for Winnipeg.
Bogosian is basically what Carlson was prior to this season. Big, mobile, promising but inconsistent.
Except for the whole being healthy thing and even then I've never really cared for his ability to move the puck. He's put up points but his outlets aren't very good. Maybe some of that's his timing being off due to injuries or whatever but to me Winnipeg upgrades in a big way with Myers. To me Myers is more of a 2 with a good D partner and system whereas Bogosian is more of a 3 or 4.Bogosian is basically what Carlson was prior to this season. Big, mobile, promising but inconsistent.
Bogosian is basically what Carlson was prior to this season. Big, mobile, promising but inconsistent.
Bogosian is basically what Carlson was prior to this season. Big, mobile, promising but inconsistent.
Carlson's ES assists are an underappreciated stat this season. 2nd on the team behind Backstrom, but with more ES assists and a much higher percentage of total assists at ES.
edit: in fact, he leads all NHL defensemen in ES assists (24).
If you dig back, he was doing this at a very young age as well....don't feel like looking it up, but I believe he's had two top five finishes in that category already. Which is one of the reasons I still think he has substantial offensive upside.
Myers + Stafford (Rental) > Bogosian
Lemieux + Armia + 1st > Kane + Kasdorf
Very good deal for Winnipeg.
That's what I was thinking. I was asking in one of these threads, what does this do to future trades if anything? WPG was a motivated seller with a disgruntled player that's out for the damn season, and they still got a ton of value in a deal.
Is this an anomaly, or does it blow the curve?
I really hope McDavid ends up in ARI and not BUF or EDM.