How bad is this?
To PIT:
Anthony Duclair
Tobias Rieder
Erik Kallgren
'18 ARI 3rd
To ARI:
Conor Sheary
Carl Hagelin (25% Retained)
Filip Gustavsson
'18 PIT 2nd
Really bad? Pretty bad? Not that bad?
Honestly I do not think it's bad at all - if anything, I'd say it's worse for ARI then PIT, as they're getting some quality players and only dropping back a few spots in the draft (15-20 max? - probably less) and getting to dump Hagelin. But then it also depends on how one values Gust. And I'm saying that while not knowing anything on Kallgren, other than that he was a late pick in 2015 and who's value and upside is likely minimal.
For me, I'd see the above as something like this:
Sheary for Duclair and Rieder
Hagelin
@3m (~2.7m salary) and Gustavsson + 2nd for Kallgren + 3rd
Value wise, I think we win the top one, and lose the second, and that overall it's fairly equal. Most won't like giving up/moving Gustavsson... personally I'm indifferent to it - as long as it's in the right deal. Not sure this is the right deal to do it (I'd much rather be doing it for a D like OEL (pipe dream), and baring that would rather have another piece in there instead of Gust. But if push came to shove... I'd probably do that deal due to getting TR/AD, freeing up 3m in cap space and getting younger.