Sens don't even think twice about this. Ceci is a top 4 D at 22, a 1st and 2nd are big pieces, and Perron is a high level prospect (winning QMJHL regular and playoff MVP at 19).
Zucc is great, but not at the cost of all this. Sens don't need Zucc, he would be a surplus addition. I definitely would want Zucc, but he isn't needed.
This.
Gosh, I don't even think I would do that for Ceci + 2nd (because we don't NEED Zuccarello)
Adding a 1st and Perron (which is my favorite prospect) makes it repulsive.
Zuccarello is cool and everything but he is going to be 29 while Ceci is 22... He is also very small and we have too many skilled players who aren't very tough (Hoffman, Turris, Karlsson,...)
Klein is soon going to be 32 y/o too.
The Sens have been going into a BIG youth movement the last 5 years. They're not interested in doing the opposite with this trade. Even if they did, you'd have to remove Perron and the first and find a piece a lot less valuable
Maybe they'd be interested in Zuccarello for Hoffman and Claesson/Robinson
Ceci is going to stay in Ottawa long term.
Also, trading Zuccarello leaves a gigantic hole in front for the Rangers
To the sens: Mats Zuccarello, and kelvin klein
To rangers: Cody Ceci, 2017 1st round pick(top 10 protected, becomes a 2018 unprotected pick sens finish in the top 10), 2018 2nd and Francis perron
Sens 2016/2017
hoffman-zibb-zucc
macarthur-turris-stone
smith/white-pageau-ryan
white/smith-kelly-lazar
methot-karlsson
phaneuf-klein
chabot-wideman
anderson
all this to have Bobby Ryan playing on the 3rd line?
Goodness you guys are overvaluing a 20 year old's QMJHL season on the league's best team.. Don't get me wrong, Perron is good but please don't act like he is the one to make or break this trade (no, he is not better than White)
Perron is only 6 months older than Timo Meier (9th Overall Pick in 2015) and was far and away better all season long, and playoffs. (both MVPs). Perron is nobody only because he is a Sens prospect and was a 7th round pick. If he was a Habs prospect, he'd be all over HF
Counter proposal:
C. Lazar/N. Paul, 2nd, Mark Borowiecki
for
K. Klein
Pass. Not interested in giving up Paul (or even Lazar) and a 2nd for Klein that would play on the 3rd pair...
NYR would never do this.
Zucc is worth more than this by himself, let alone with a #4D on a sweetheart contract.
I should come to this part of HF more often because I need the free laughs, way too much stress.
If Zuccarello is worth all this by himself IMAGINE what Taylor Hall would be worth!
Ceci + 1st + 2nd + Perron + Chabot probablyand that would be a sweetheart deal for the Sens! The kind of hard to pass!
HF
