Look...Schmaltz was "expected" to take the "next step" both I'm production and in the 2C role...so far the early returns from this season are not showing he has taken any further elevation to his game...the flaws are still being repeated...cannot win draws...poor in his own end...too soft...and worst of all the inability to show he can be relied on for goals ....pass up shots and a very average shot when he does shoot ...it is just too many flaws to swallow especially for the $5.5 to $6.5 per yr cap hit extention folks were guessing the Hawks would give him to lock him up cheap before he exploded into some kind of superstar..OK. .not quite...at least "syar" level then if $6 million makes one automatically a "star"..but if you are getting current version Saad per $6 big ones as your cost certainty..then $6.0 for Schatz with all his as yetvunditchrd flaws is just as preposterous gamble ...let alone $6.8 for a way past it Seabs ..
There is NO WAY Stan should offer anything more than a bridge deal till Schatz proves he can be relied von to star more or less on a consistent basis with production plus defensive responsibility and Effectiveness ...till he does that he has not EARNED any hefty raise...
..period.
6GP ...Zero goals ...4assists and just even in tyrnplus/minus. .one can call this "meh" at best ..He has to do a lot better to get big bucks and so trading this "uncertainty" for either something g more reliable for the 2VC is a great idea ...if that removes Saad and his $6.0 in the deal even better. ..
Whether Ottawa would do that deal without Bobby Ryan being included...I do not know..but throw in Anisimov +Murphy and give us their 2020 first rounder + a 2021 2nd and I would then take Ryan less $1 million per retained by Ottawa ...If the 2020 Ottawa first was a ton. ..then we should have the option on it and give them back our first rounder if it is a pick below theirs ...
To sum up...they give us Dzingel,Ryan ,Duchesne a 2020 1st conditional + a 2021 2nd ...for Saad Schmaltz ANISIMOV AND Murphy ... (fat lto any of these guys are doing for us currently....Anisimov is I believe Ufa after next season. ..and Saad after the season after that
.so Sense would not have lenthy comics to them ..The condition on the first rounderc (2020) would be if that oick lands in the top 5 we must give them our own later first round pick ..but if after the 5th overall then we get the puck without having to also give back our own first that year.However our first rounder is earlier than their top 5 pick then we give them our 2020 2nd and our 2021 first back...
So if they really want Ryan off their hands I would do it just to get a chance at possibly getting 2 top 5 2020 first rounders..
Yes we would be stuck with Ryan (at a $1 million per yr discount off his cap hit)for still a lengthy number of years ..but hey that is nothing new for us. .maybe we can even Hossa LTIR him at some point ..
But hey... if they fear losing Dzingel and Duchene anyway and want Ryan out..Maybe such a deal would be acceptable for them ...