Why are we giving up Strome when he's the best player in the deal and we get nothing back we need.
Strome fills a center position for us better than Kerfoot and has chemistry with Panarin. This deal just screams, "Strome is going to price himself out so we should just trade him." We don't need Kerfoot. Strome is an RFA, we could trade him for something else if it came down to it.
I'd hold off trading Lias until I see him next season or if he doesn't want to come back and play for us. We're not getting value back so there's no rush.
Agree Strome is best one in the deal, disagree we do not get anything worthwhile back.
Nothing wrong w/admitting Strome will want more than we want to/can afford to/should pay, and moving him now can make more sense.
That begs ?s:
what alternative deal for Strome now?
what alt deal for him later?
what is opp gain/cost for keeping him for time being?
In addition to cap recovery [realized once we flip Kerfoot], not having to consider an exp drft protection slot, a big consideration for me is roster mins.
I continue to beeeaatch and moan about how [waaaay tooo long] we kept Namest, and what did we get for that? A measly effin 4th next year. Not enough. Should have just cut our losses. While he was not long on NY roster earlier this season, it was long enough to sidetrack Kravtsov who played well in preseason, and would have benefitted from mins, or knowing they were his to take in the near future.
Now there is a huge dif in that Strome is genuinely productive whereas Namest was minimal at best [only min results w/max mins and top linemates]. But still, I want
- to get use out of Hank''s 8.5 final season backing up Shesty, develop backups
- value to extent reasonable for Buch + Strome
- give their mins to Chytil, Kakko, Krav, and others.
Kerfoot doesn't fit as a player, and will get us less, but is moveable to the right club like OTT.
So I welcome your alt scenario of how much more we get directly for Strome, but I continue to push go in two steps: Strome for Kerfoot, then move Kerfoot.
Lias has been an effin distraction.
Effin overrated prima donna who thinks somehow his 7Oa entitles him to insist he gets shot at the roster, etc.
Has been given more opportunity than he deserves w/better tier of linemates, taking away their availability for others.
He is worth a 3rd at best at present.
IF IF IF he learns how to skate, he may up that into a 2nd.
Don't want to stay tuned.
Getting a 2nd for him + later 3rd is fair value and worth moving on.
Plus we get an x factor in Gauthier