Schultz is a borderline top 4 d-man who has been injured a ton and is a UFA at the end of the season. Bjugstad is a cap dump and a late first in 2021 doesn't have much value. If you thought that was an overpay... woof
there isn't a good fit. The Panthers need a similar aged top 4 defensive d-man with term. The Bruins don't have that available. Prospects, (average ones at that) aren't coming close to getting a deal done.
I like his game a lot, but the Panthers aren't looking for an undersized puck moving defenseman. They are looking for a defenseman who excels in the defensive zone. Grzelcyk doesn't do that so it's not the right fit for the Panthers, so no, it's not a good deal for both sides as it doesn't fill a need for the Panthers.
Stepan's no masterpiece, but he's still a decent center. Everyone's numbers tank in AZ, but he's defensively reliable and shows spurts of offense He's definitely a bad contract because the cap hit. No argument there. Not sure he's a dump. Look at the UFA signings for centers. But doesn't hold much value, agreed.
Stepan's no masterpiece, but he's still a decent center. Everyone's numbers tank in AZ, but he's defensively reliable and shows spurts of offense He's definitely a bad contract because the cap hit. No argument there. Not sure he's a dump. Look at the UFA signings for centers. But doesn't hold much value, agreed.
Same way I view Yandle. Decent player, bad contract. Even if he falls off a cliff at age thirty next year, he's an expiring contract at that point. Yandle is already 33, and his contract runs another four years. He carries a $6M+ hit until he's 36.
It's just bad contract for bad contract. Whatever shortfall in the Hammer-Trocheck is made up for in getting out of the bad contract early, imo.
Decent center on short (bad) deal fills in for Trocheck short term. Dumps Yandle's long (bad) contract for a good short-term contract on a rock of a dman (who Q loves).
Such was my reasoning, anyway.
Jost + Kaut + 1st
coleman and Trocheck aren't comparable. One is a 50ish point center on a very team friendly contract and the other is a 30ish point center having a career year who is still on pace to put up less points that trocheck. The returns for each player aren't similar. Trocheck should get much more than Coleman. Nevermind that Coleman came from a team that wants to rebuild so picks and prospects worked while the Panthers need a hockey trade for a current top 4 D-man in the NHL.
That's why you're replacing his four year, $6.3M contract with rock -solid Hammer's short deal! Costs you Trocheck, who sounds like he's turning a bit suspect being replaced by defensively responsible Stepan (on a bad deal).
