Reinhart

Seems like a terrible trade for Florida.

I tolerate no Reinhart slander

They can afford to move Reinhart if Duclair doesn't drop off significantly from last year. The move frees up cap for them, not just to activate Duclair but they will have 1m or so to work with and would have added a decent depth piece in Dube.

The mock trade is just a skeleton, so can't judge it based off value.

But Reinhart is much better than duclair.

Only barkov and tkachuk play more than him and he plays almost 2 full minutes more than any other forward.

Move someone else.

Hence the picks/prospects. I expect Calgary adds value wise but Florida isn't exactly in a great position to make demands and it's pretty much confirmed that they will not be moving Hornqvist. The idea here is that they add LD depth going into the playoffs and next year while also creating cap space, I think they end up with like 1.7M extra in this deal as a 21 man roster. Gives them a lot more flexibility with call ups instead of running a 17 man squad again

Im not sure he's viewed as "much better." They play him almost strictly on Lundell's wing, which is the 3rd line when Barkov is healthy (he's just sick right now). When Duclair comes back he will almost certainly be reunited with Bennett on the 2nd line. It's worth noting that Dube and Bennett also had very good chemistry together in Calgary