Getting deeper with experience

Zona trying to cut payroll not add to it. If Garland gets dealt it’s for picks/players on ELC.

I don’t think that’s true. They are trying to acquire young assets along with better draft picks. This trade provides both.
https://lastwordonsports.com/hockey/2021/07/17/coyotes-acquire-andrew-ladd-draft-picks/


The Islanders wanted to get some cap relief, so who better to turn to than the accommodating Coyotes? The Arizona club will have an internal cap limit of about $65 million next season. And getting to the cap basement may be an issue. Not with this deal. It’s unknown if Ladd will actually play any games or not. His stay in New York was more than tenuous. The Coyotes certainly in some sort of rebuild, re-tool… whatever are anxious to replenish their draft picks to build for the future.

They have already said the reason they are looking to move Garland is they don’t want to pay him. They also said they wanted a 1st/prospect or 2. He would likely get between 3.5-5 in arb. This deal they take on 12m in salary, at least, and downgrade the roster.

They added a pair of 2nd and conditional 3rd to take Ladd while giving up nothing, not having a 1st this year it was actually a good move. Wether they bury him, get Seattle to take him, who knows. But it made sense. The above does not.

To me it does and here’s why and you even said it Garland will get 5 million give or take and with getting NR and JD both guys would play middle top 9 some argument could be made with JD playing top 6 with the right talent are scheduled to make about 6. So your getting two roster players for one. For almost the same price. How much do you think Kase will get per and if Zona didn’t want the contract they would control his rights to get draft pick/picks for him and the same could be said about Ritchie. If we had to change out the 2nd for a first then so be it.

Garland > Debrusk and likely cheaper than Debrusk 4.8 real salary.
Kase is useless, nobody is giving him a 2.5 QO so he has no trade value.
Ritchie is worth a late 2nd early 3rd if they flip him.
Moore is a detriment.
Late 2nd in 2 years is not enough to make up the difference.

Why would they consider it when other teams will give them the the 1st and a prospect and not force another 8m of unwanted crap on them. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Even if you took out Moore it still does not really work for them. Better shot though.