If your ottawa every trade is an ottawa trade

Too much coming back for Smith.
Not enough for Anderson (Even if he is a rollercoaster goalie).
Over payment for another backup goaltender in Pickard.

I'm not sure why Boston does that deal. I mean what does Smith provide that they don't already have in their system?

Why is Stone only signing a 5 year deal? He's eligible for up to 8 years and he's only 26

Because he doesnt want to sray in ottawa for 8 years

Then why not sign a 2 year deal and become a UFA earlier?

I think the Boston, Edmonton and Toronto trades are a bit off, but the one I don't get is the Karlsson trade, to me that is a major undersell especially since Ryan's contract isn't attached and EK is signing an extension as part of the deal.

Callahan's contract is complete dead weight and so underwater at this time that it's maybe worse than Ryan's contract. Ryan at least still shows some offensive production, he's been down the past two seasons, but played far better than Callahan. To take on 2 years of Callahan's contract alone a team should get a 1st rd pick and more.

Even ignoring the negative value of Callahan's deal, you would be trading Karlsson for Foote, Cirelli and a 1st rd pick. That 1st rd pick is very likely to be among the last 4 in the rd so while it's nice it's not a big move the needle piece. Cirelli had a nice breakout year last year helping Tampa down the stretch and in the postseason, but he's probably not the offensive force he showed in his time in Tampa as I'm guessing his 19% shooting percentage is unsustatinable. He's probably like a 3C type of player going forward, definitely solid value, but not a star. Foote is the biggest name of the deal as Tampa's 1st rd pick a year ago and probably a top 100 prospect in hockey. There is a lot of upside here, but he's probably 2 years away and not as sure of a thing. That is 3 solid pieces, but Karlsson even without an extension should fetch more than that.

If that's the best package they could get for Karlsson, I'd rather just keep him until he becomes a UFA and hope Melnyk sales before.



And you know that how?



Callahan has 22 pts in the last 2 seasons. Ryan had 15 pts in 19 playoffs games just a bit over a year ago.

Ottawa would probably trade Ryan for Callahan straight up because it would save them a lot of money (and unfortunately it has been the mantra for a while), but in terms of hockey on the ice, it would be a really bad trade off.

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