Way too much

Keep in mind he is a RFA and has shown potential to be a 20+ point player.

you can have shaw for aberg and a 3rd pick

brett Connelly for a 2nd?

No cap wiggle room though

That could easily work out for the team but Conolly is a key depth player for the Caps and can play the PP if someone is injured

make it Aberg a 2nd and a 5th then MTL will retain half so his cap is 1,950,000

they can easily replace him with barber or shum.....hes going to drop to a 4th line role by season end. imo

Very fair offer that makes sense

20+ points isnt worth a 2nd and 3rd

Milan Lucic was offered a first as a rental for 3 months, that picks is DeBrusk today

Doesnt mean much, we have seen debrusk and cehlarik isnt near him

Rick Nash for 20’games after giving away Spooner and a 1st

spooner was underachieving and nash was a good all around player and his rep around he league helped his value

That. That would be a massive overpay for somebody who has cleared waivers and is no more than a depth player at this point in his career

also khaira is a 20 point player. kills penalties, can play center and is cheaper

massive overpayment for a 27 point (15 goals, 12 assists) in 70 games player?? when did he clear waivers, 4 years ago? and yes hes a depth player but to bring up he cleared waivers 3-4 years ago seems silly considering he turned his game around a lot since then. he just won a Stanley cup I believe he factored in on the gwg ? this "depth , waive clearing player" would have been 3rd on the oilers in goals and 7th in points. but yeah MASSIVE is a great word to describe the 2nd round pick....

edit: at the deadline Patrick maroon got a 3rd round pick and a prospect. he scored 30 points and had 14 goals. incase your math isn't great thats only 3 more points and 1 less goal.

its safe to say a 3rd and a mid level prospect could equal or is close to a 2nd round pick. oh yeah Connelly won a cup last year which in most peoples eye would out weigh the 3 points. (also pretty sure maroon played with mcdcvid) ....the best player in the nhl.

Nash who is older received a 1st and spooner and he had 34 points in 71 games..... Nash is a house hold name but his stat line states hes just a depth player. he had 9 more points 6 more goals.....they gave up a 1st and spooner for him.....just saying

It looks to me as though Edmonton's greatest need is to improve the ability of the defense to support a quick break-out and transition game, not adding to their complement of forwards.

Nash had 28 points in 60 games with nyr 6 with Boston in 11 games ...total of 34 points in 71 games (21 goals) .47 ppg

spooner had 25 points in 35 GAMES! ( not yelling stressing a point) with Boston 16 in 20 games with the rangers.... total of 41 points in 55 games thats .74ppg

spooners ppg is the same as William nylander.

But nashes 2 way game was better and its not our fault spooner was good with us boston agreed to the trade

You mean shaw and 3rd for Aberg. Shaw is a negative value like Z Smith, even bigger. That's bad cap in today's fast and young NHL.

I'm not saying Connolly is a bad player & he has improved since Boston traded two 2nd round picks for him, but you don't trade a 2nd round pick for a player who got 27 points (which is barely 3rd line level at the most) unless they're young with potential (Calgary traded a 2nd for Lazar 2 deadlines ago, which hasn't panned out at this point). You could still sign free agents who would get you 27 points (Stempniak, Cammalleri, etc.) or trade less for a player who can get you those points while playing the minutes Connolly got. Also, I was wrong he didn't clear waivers, Boston didn't offer him a qualifying offer.

I see your point regarding Maroon,but it should be noted that he had 2 strong playoff performances in the previous 2 years and was rotating through the 1st line with Getzlaf & Perry that year. He then went and got 14 points in 16 games after the deal and 27 goals the season after. You are correct he did play with McDavid (2nd best behind Crosby) when he was in Edmonton.

That Nash trade was also an over-payment for what he produced, but that was also what the market was for him. Nash is/was a very strong 2-way player as well with great speed despite his huge body. He brings a lot to the table even if hes not scoring. If hes not scoring though then that 7.8mil price tag was too much (which it often was at the end with NYR & BOS). Nash and Connolly are not similar players. Nash excelled at multiple things (even when not scoring) while Connolly does not. I don't see how that trade relates to this but that's my opinion.