Yeah Vancouver fans are going to likely be vastly disappointed when they see the JTM return based on their perceived price. They want basically double what Fiala brought back. If Washington can pay a similar price for Miller I'd be in. Alexeyev/Iorio and a 1st.
Most Vancouver fans I've seen think they're gonna get triple that or more, typically something like Lapierre, Iorio, a 1st and sometimes even more. This is a good sign that they're living in dreamland. For whatever reason, fans always overrate the returns top forwards generate, particularly when they're either on or about to get a big contract.
Or they are a Canadian team who thinks every player is worth multiple 1st round picks - but they also throw the same player under the bus if he can't take a faceoff
Those are separate discussions. Is it the Finals somebody outside of Montreal would have chosen? Probably not, but you can't play opponents who aren't in front of you. In an ideal world I wouldn't have wanted the Capitals' first cup to come against an expansion team but it's not their or my responsibility that nobody else made it out of the Western Conference.
The age is not as scary as the amount of miles. Recall hearing somewhere that hes played one of the most playoff games in nhl history. Majority of those games coming in the last decade between tampa and ny.Friedman reporting that Tampa is working with McDonagh to see if there’s a team he’d accept a trade to.
33 years old, getting slower, Cup winner, under contract for three more years… right up our alley
He's 31st overall, 4th amongst active players behind Chara (45), Thornton (42), and Perry (37). With one more finals run he'd move inside the top 20. Pretty crazy for a guy who just turned 33. Those miles plus the fact that he's under contract for 4 more years at 6.75M make him a pretty scary acquisition. That contract could enter "boat anchor" territory very quickly.
