Confirmed with Link: Donato to San Jose for a 2021 3rd

[Bazeek]

Pretty lame.

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[Dickie Dunn]

GMBG moving the parts he doesn’t like for first come, first served prices.

 

[AKL]

I get that he had no place on this roster, but how is that the best deal you can get. A late 3rd next year?

 

[16thOverallSaveUs]

Seems light. Then again, what do I know

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Gross.

 

[Bazeek]

I get that he had no place on this roster, but how is that the best deal you can get. A late 3rd next year?

If he wasn't tied to the Dubnyk deal it's hard to imagine this was the best Guerin could get from anyone. It feels like he blinked by trying to offload Donato early before all the dominoes fell and he risked being stuck with a player that had no place on the roster. I don't like it, but maybe he's got bigger things planned.

 

[Digitalbooya]

Wild to trade Ryan Donato to Sharks for draft pick; is Devan Dubnyk next?

 

[DeagleJenkins]

If he wasn't tied to the Dubnyk deal it's hard to imagine this was the best Guerin could get from anyone. It feels like he blinked by trying to offload Donato early before all the dominoes fell and he risked being stuck with a player that had no place on the roster. I don't like it, but maybe he's got bigger things planned.

i kind of get the feeling this was the "sweetener " for the duby trade and it just went down seperately.

 

[Minnesnota]

Maybe the league at large just doesn't value Donato the way some folks here do. Shocker, I know....but hear me out. Maybe that's why they're running front offices and we're here commentating on it? Just a thought.

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Maybe the league at large just doesn't value Donato the way some folks here do. Shocker, I know....but hear me out. Maybe that's why they're running front offices and we're here commentating on it? Just a thought.

seems wrong

 

[HotDish]

eh, wish it could've been more. Hot take though, I think Donato is severely overrated by Wild fans. I do think the Wild misused him and he deserved more ice time. I just think a lot of Donato lovers ignored his weaknesses.

Unfortunately, he suffered under the log jam of LWs the Wild have.

 

[AKL]

seems wrong

There's a 50% chance that any one of us would be the best GM in the league if given the opportunity.

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

Would've rather used him to get rid of Rask, but I guess I'll hold off on firm opinions until we see what happens with Dubnyk. Maybe this was necessary.

 

[ThatGuy22]

I said it in the trade thread a few days ago Donato's value wasn't what people thought, and I thought his value straight up was probably a 3rd rounder.

There is plenty of tape on the guy at this point, despite the puck skills, he doesn't have the skating to stick in a top 6 role. With his frame, you either need to be fast or strong on your skates. He's neither.

 

[Legegendsofthenorth]

A 3rd to basically dump $2 million in payroll is how I look at it. He has a nice shot but he was hard to watch on his skates and along the boards....BG hopefully is looking for that team that again is hard to play against every night. Donato was not a piece that fits that.

 

[AKL]

I'm very curious now, with the Donato deal sealed. Lebrun says a Dubnyk deal, "if completed", would be announced later today. Russo wrote in the Donato article that Dubnyk gave the green light over the weekend.

So what's the hold up?

 

[ThatGuy22]

eh, wish it could've been more. Hot take though, I think Donato is severely overrated by Wild fans. I do think the Wild misused him and he deserved more ice time. I just think a lot of Donato lovers ignored his weaknesses.

Unfortunately, he suffered under the log jam of LWs the Wild have.

He got the icetime he earned. Despite the narrative, he got his chances up the lineup and he disappeared every time. He's likely to bounce around the league for a decade on cheap contracts putting up decent scoring numbers from the bottom 6.

 

[Wild11MN]

Seems a bit light.

 

[Bazeek]

Maybe the league at large just doesn't value Donato the way some folks here do. Shocker, I know....but hear me out. Maybe that's why they're running front offices and we're here commentating on it? Just a thought.

Same as any other day. When GMs confirm our biases they're sensible pragmatists. When they don't they're idiots.

 

[keppel146]

Seems about right to me. Not surprised at all.

 

[themelkman]

I'm very curious now, with the Donato deal sealed. Lebrun says a Dubnyk deal, "if completed", would be announced later today. Russo wrote in the Donato article that Dubnyk gave the green light over the weekend.

So what's the hold up?

Im thinking its what the return/ sweetner would be. With these deals separated, the wild will probably need to give the sharks something

 

[AKL]

Im thinking its what the return/ sweetner would be. With these deals separated, the wild will probably need to give the sharks something

Doesn't check out. Donato could have been the sweetener.

 

[themelkman]

Doesn't check out. Donato could have been the sweetener.

Then why are the deals separate? The whole picture isnt clear to any of us. maybe the sharks wanted more than donato as a sweetner so they chose to just not include him

 

[AKL]

Then why are the deals separate? The whole picture isnt clear to any of us. maybe the sharks wanted more than donato as a sweetner so they chose to just not include him

No idea, but hageling over a sweetener is not a reason for the deals to be separate. If the Sharks wanted more they could have had Donato and a mid round pick as the sweetener and sent nothing back.

 

[57special]

Slightly light. SJS needs a 3rd line scoring winger and Donato is that, and at a very reasonable price. Maybe BG is being reasonable in order to get Doobs deal done under favorable conditions. We are likely getting at least one contract back....hope it isn't too appalling. Would be weird to get LHS. Winger back...you'd have to ask why bother?