I remember i posted this thread just an hour or so before Yandle was traded. 30 minutes or so before we started seeing the big names on social media sayingna Yandle deal may be in the works.
I titled it "Will Yandle be traded?" and posted a poll that turned out to be completely unnecessary.
Funny timing I guess. Weird how those things happen. In the back of my mind, i really didn't want him to be traded, and was hoping that he wouldn't be. Then in a blink of an eye, it happened.
Looking back now, I'd do this deal again no question. Duke looks like he is going to break out to be a top 6 scoring threat, and who's to say what will come out of NYR's 1st. This trade isn't even over yet.
There was a very legitimate possibility we could've lost Yandle for nothing if we didn't trade him when we did. Hell, there's no guarantee even that he'll resign in NY. He could go to Boston, or any other team for that matter. There is always that slim possibility he comes back to Arizona as well, but at that point we may not even need him unless he would take a a hometown discount. It would have to work out and make sense for both sides. I don't see it happening, but if it did, Maloney would look like a friggin genius. Getting a stud in Letunov for Michalek, just to get a healthier Michalek back for no assests lost a few months later. Getting a stud defensman in Dahlbeck and a 1st round draft pick that turned into what looks like a steal on the draft floor with Nick Merkley, then grabbing a cup winning Vermette back a month later at a home town discount. Again, with no assests lost.
If he were able to grab Duclair, the 2016 NYR 1st round draft pick, and then sign Yandle to a hometown discount deal this offseason, he would've pulled off an absolute heist.