Quoting: TBLIGHTNINGFAN
I see what you're saying, and I agree with most of it, but McDavid isn't bad defensively either. Point isn't that good on faceoffs, and with better teamates (Kuch and Stamkos) McDavid could be a 130+ point player every year. I think it's a fair deal for both sides.
I see what you’re saying too, but if you trade Killorn, Johnson, Miller, and Callahan, you could sign Panarin, and get high end prospects in return. And Panarin could easily be a 100 point guy with Kuch and Point. So could a guy like Stone. You’ll have zero cap space after the McDavid trade to have any RHD depth on the team at all. And the future is limited. Right now they are built to be a contender for the next 5-7 years. That’s better than winning the cup this year and becoming Chicago in three or four years. Yeah the value is fair. And McDavid would be an Art Ross lock for the next 7 years. But I rather the trajectory that they are on. Why not take a swing at Panarin? Cirelli, Stamkos, Point, and Barre-Boulet is a solid center lineup. Kucherov, Raddysh, Gourde, and Fortier on one side, and Panarin, Joseph, Volkov, and Katchouk on the other in an unheard of forward depth. Sergachev, McDonagh, Hedman, Cernak, Foote, and Perbix, with Vasilevskiy and Ingram, plus Stephens, Somppi, and Masin/Spencer/Salda on the bench. That’s crazy as is.