Edited May 12, 2018 at 9:57 p.m.
Quoting: ChiHawks34
all of them are ridiculous? no they are not. Secondly, who else besides tavares are teams dying for a 1C going to get? please enlighten me. 1C is hard to come by so yes teams will have to pay more for it.
Carolina - Jordan Staal put up similar production to Toews, arguably with worse wingers. For the cost, Staal is as good of an option at 1C as Toews and doesn't cost $10.5M.
Arizona - He's 19 years old and put up better production that Toews...definitely with worse wingers. Arizona has a 1C in Keller
New York Islanders - Matthew Barzal. Over a PPG player as a rookie this year. Even if Tavares leaves, they have a 1C in Barzal
Vegas Golden Knights - William Karlsson...78 points in 82 games. They don't need a way overpriced Toews when they have Karlsson at 1C
Montreal Canadiens - Even with Pacioretty and Gallagher going to Chicago in your trade, Gallagher still put up similar production to Toews. $10.5M is a ton of money for a guy who is putting up the same production as someone already on the roster...especially for a team that could be entering a retool/rebuild. Taking on a top of cap isn't going to be in Montreal's best interest.
New Jersey Devils - Nico Hischier put up identical numbers to Toews, as a rookie. His numbers may be inflated due to the fact that he had Hall on his LW side, but if I'm New Jersey, I'm perfectly content keeping my best young defenseman & my draft picks and letting Hischier Center that top line. Because of what they'd have to give up, the Toews trade doesn't make them any better of a team.
Vancouver Canucks - This is the scenario that makes the most sense. Vancouver does have a hole at 1C that needs to be filled. However, with Toews already being on a bad contract, I don't see them taking on ANOTHER bad contract in Seabrook.
Look, Toews isn't a bad player or anything, but he's bad for the contract that he's on. A player with a $10.5M contract should be a player that is putting up PPG numbers. His offensive game hasn't really lived up to that massive contract. Sure, his defensive game is pretty sound, but is it worth that mega contract? It's really not. To put it in perspective, Boston is only paying Bergeron $6.875M per season, and he's currently the best two-way forward in the game...and putting up better offensive numbers that Toews.
It's going to be extremely hard to move Toews massive contract, because of the term left on the deal. You're just asking for too much from some of these teams...especially the ones that are rebuilding. Moving him is not impossible, but you're not gonna move him with these deals.