Quoting: shmoeman
NJ doesnt do that. Would rather have Schnieder mentor Blackwood and split 50/50 next year (as schnieder has looked very good recently) than trade for a 4th liner with a year more than Schnieder on his deal
Has 5 games really made all the difference though? I mean you do agree he was absolutely garbage for over season and a half previously? Sure he could be the backup but are you really prepared to have him backup the team for the remaining 3 years? Goalies play a much more pivotal position. If you suck in net, you lose the game. If your 4th line LW'er sucks, its not that big of deal. What if this past 5 games are a flash in the pan, this team can not afford to lose any more points at the hand of their goaltending or playoffs will not be realistic. Playing Blackwood 70 games each year isn't realistic either. At least not for a while.
I crap on Lucic as much the next guy but on a 4th line role he could be effective. Lord knows he can still drop them with the best of them and can still hit, intimidate, produce 4th line numbers. Once again its not ideal, but I think thinking Schneider has been reborn a new will be a solid goalie for the next 3 years is probably naive.
Now with all that said, if NJ is ok with just buying Schneider out lets say, than yeah, this trade would probably make no sense as buying out Cory is not as hard as Lucic would be so why make this trade. I'm only assuming NJ doesn't want to buy anyone out and they are trying to make the best of a situation that has gone sour. Schneider hasn't been good the past 3 years and chances are, he won't be getting any better at 34 years old. NJ also gets an extra draft pick as added compensation.