No disagreement here. Hence why I said DeSmith's value was between negative to a late round pick.
I'm surprised at his GSAA assuming it's accurate. Penguins fans seem to think he sucks.
I don't consider age a factor for veterans on a one year contract coming off a good number of regular season and playoff games (i.e. there's a good sample size to evaluate signs of decline). Obviously a goalie who has shown significant decline last season at age 35+ would be a different story.
It was reported by Friedman, echoed by Dhaliwal and Shah etc. also had a similar understanding that Myers was worth an asset. They did not mention the need to retain salary or need to throw in a sweetener. The way Friedman worded things is the Canucks have set a price for Myers and if you are willing to pay it then talk to them otherwise don't bother. I don't think how anyone can interpret that as the Canucks unable to trade Myers for a minimal return. They might need to take back an expiring contract to make it work but that's not the same as requiring a sweetener or needing to retain significant salary.
@MS, Myers was coming off a surprisingly good season in summer 2022. Last year he sucked again. Personally, I think the Canucks looked at their roster and didn't think they can replace Myers so chose to keep him. Keep in mind that our right side basically had Schenn and Myers before we went out and acquired Bear.