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I have questions
1) Why not keep Hoffman? He is a 28 y/o 60 pts player, he has great chemistry with Duchene and has a very reasonable salary ($5,650,000 the next 2 years). Sobotka is not needed, Jets 1st is going to be very late and while Kyrou is a very good prospect, it remains to be seen if he can become as good as Hoffman but I admit this trade is tempting.
2) Which pick did you use to draft Boqvist? If the Sens have the 1st OA, obviously they will draft Dahlin but who do you think they would draft 2nd or 3rd? Or even 4th?
3) I think that trading a 1st for the rights to John Carlson is expensive... What if he doesn't sign? I think it's extremely unlikely a big UFA sign in Ottawa. I don't think it ever happened, only guys in the later part of their careers (Kovalev, Gonchar)
4) Ok, trade Ceci if you want but why Dzingel? And why Pageau? Why trade two our fastest forwards who aren't really expensive anyway?
- Karlsson and Smith trades seem fair I think.
- Concerning Gaborik, I think that's what may happen actually. You know those strange disparitions where the player end up on the LTIR suddenly and you never see him back. I wouldn't be surprised if that happens frankly. If it does happen, so basically it would have been trading 3 years of Phaneuf at 75% for a 7th round pick. Will never be a good trade