why because we didn't trade 85 guys?... he traded three players.. you can agree or disagree with trading simmonds but the return is fair. and he traded vatenan who has been injured a number 2 pick which i think we didn't have .. and a prospect that sounds like he will be ready for NHL next season.. so hell of a disappointing day? oh and he traded coleman 2 weeks ago.. so maybe you are overreacting ?
It's disappointing because of the returns NJ received on the 3 players traded today.
People thought we would get AT LEAST a 2nd round pick for Vatanen and possibly even a first rounder not too long ago, given the prices we were seeing out there. That the pick dropped to a conditional 3rd rounder was disappointing.
A lot of the rumored Canucks prospects that could've been in play for Simmonds seemed too good to be true and apparently they were. Seeing the Canucks and Penguins (two teams rumored to be interested in Simmonds) drop out and have to settle for a conditional 5th for him in 2021 is disappointing. Thought we'd at least be able to get a 4th rounder this year for him and that a team might've even gotten desperate and offered a little more.
Getting a conditional 7th rounder in any year would've been a huge win for Dominigue. Getting back another goalie that's the same age, yet miraculously worse was also a disappointment.
Seeing Kreider re-sign with the Rangers which should've boosted Palmieri's value and then nothing materializing in an otherwise strong sellers market this year was also disappointing.
The Coleman and Greene trades were great, but I was referring to the deals today. And yeah, I was hoping for and expecting more.