Proposal: Mattias Ekholm for Nylander and Zaitsev

[preds1]

Toronto had their chance with Subban and passed. Preds are done trading defensemen, especially one with a ridiculous hometown discount for a contract.

 

[herzausstein]

Change ekholm to Ellis and either add retention to zaitsev or a sweetener from Toronto or a short cap dump from Nashville.

Ellis for nylander is fairly even imo.

Zaitsev at current caphit, length, and now with a modified ntc kicking in has bad value. Could he bounce back? Sure. Is a gm going to give you much because if he is wrong he has an albatross of a contract on his hands. That’s why I personally would assign him negative value.

Ekholm by contrast has amazing contract value in a salary cap world. A top pairing capable dman at 3.75M for 3 more years. In a world where Edler is making 6M and Lindell 5.8 that 3.75 is valuable for cap strapped teams