Fair. I just think they are both warty players, and one is cheaper and younger and doesn't play with anyone akin to Eichel. I don't think there's any giant gap. I just think Schmaltz is probably worth a smidge more.
A defenseman, and a damn good one, who puts up 40 pts. a year and logs 23 minutes a game, great on the PK and plays on the PP is worth less than a winger, a soft winger at that?Fair. I just think they are both warty players, and one is cheaper and younger and doesn't play with anyone akin to Eichel. I don't think there's any giant gap. I just think Schmaltz is probably worth a smidge more.
We are not having a fire sale. Do a bit a due diligence before spouting off on a team you know nothing about.
Those aren't the guys you give $3+ million and term to. Those are the guys you farm and use until they price themselves out. And he's basically priced himself out. He's cleverly set himself up for a QO right before he hits unrestricted. So if you don't give him his ask on salary and term, he goes to arbitration and gets a one yr deal to unrestricted status or you walk away from the award and he goes to unrestricted status. And since arbiters weight points extremely heavily historically, it's likely to be ugly. They don't care if he's a riverboat gambler or PP weapon. So there's risk to the award, which means you have the option of taking a bad contract for a year or walking away.
Packing what up? We just got a new ownership group who's already planting firm, stable roots in the local community. We're here to stay. But no, we've been forced into a retool of sorts because of draft penalties and a short-sighted trade for Taylor Hall. We've got some solid young pieces still. Selling off others for futures with an eye on competing 2-3 years from now.
Both Mitts and Thompson have some connections to AZ staff now. It'd be pretty funny if both went.
