Quoting: BCAPP
I'm neither a Philly nor Habs fan. I'd decline if I were Philly.
In most trades the team that gets the best piece wins. Juulsen, looks like an NHL defender. I am not convinced he is an impact defender.
Ylonen: I really can't judge prospects playing in Europe who I haven't followed, but he looks like what he was recently a 2nd round pick (playing in a mens league at Draft +1 but only doing okay)
Mid first, and a mid 3rd.
Ghost is a great defenseman to build around and importantly he's signed long term through his prime at a very good contract and is just 25 years old.
He is essentially being paid like a #3-4 dman and is a borderline #1 dman (likely a very good #2).
My problem with this return, is simply that I don't see a good shot at game breaking talent coming back to Philly
Also to F50Marco, sure, you could offer sheet someone with an unmatchable contract, but then you'd be stuck paying someone like 14 million. here you get a player for 4.5. Also you can call a late first, and early second and a future first, 3 firsts, but the difference is you know what they are. The danger with offer sheeting is there is so much unknown. If you miss the playoffs one of those years and your pick wins the lottery...
Did Ottawa get the best piece in the Duchene trade? Did Calgary get the best piece in the Hamonic trade? Did NJ get the best piece in the Schneider trade?
Your statement only really rings true when a team trades the best player in the deal for multiple lesser players. example: Joe Thornton trade. Tyler Seguin trade. Luongo trade. You should never trade one great player for 3 decent players. Picks and prospects? Those don't qualify. At one point in time Ghost was just a 3rd round pick.
Gostisbehere is a good dman but lets not bust a nut just yet. Any Philly fans want to say he is better than Provorov? Is he even a top 30 dman in the league? Go check for yourself:
https://www.capfriendly.com/browse/active/2019/points/all/defense
He is an elite offensive minded dman with below average defensive acumen. Let's not exaggerate here.
As for the offer sheet scenario, my point was just to say that if you're willing to
almost give four 1st rounders worth of value for Ghost, why not go the extra mile? Offer sheet a superstar. Yeah you pay him probably too much but I don't know if you noticed but MTL tried to spend a ton of cash this off season and couldn't. No one accepted their offers. So they have a oodles of cap space that they are willing to spend but don't have anyone to spend it on.
I'm not condoning it. Simply stating that if your going to spend that much on a good but not great player, why not spend the small extra (price from a 3rd to a 1st) and get a great player?Doesn't have to be a dman. Brayden Point, Matthew Tkachuk, Patrick Laine, etc etc etc.
Yeah the risk is that you miss the playoffs and they get a lottery pick. You know what can console you at night? One of the guys mentioned above who are all almost certainly better than the player picked in the lottery you missed.