Quoting: BurgerBoss
I'm not sure exactly what kind of trades he made then, I was like a 1-year old then, but I'm going to make a strong guess that he might've used some of the key assets of the team to do it.
This might help
http://bfy.tw/NCQj
Quoting: Ajp_18
To VAN- 2019 1st(NJD) and Green
To NJD - 2019 1st(VAN), 2019 2nd(VAN), 2020 1st(VAN), DiPietro or Demko, Joulevi or Woo, and probably something small
Interesting deal, I think Benning would bite on that for sure, but not sure if he has the chops to get that. I think it would be Demko and Juolevi, and probably an AHL player
Quoting: Birtle34
I think you pretty much nailed it there, and along with no protection on 2020 1st and a resign hall decision, which would possibly send nj into a full rebuild or a retool
I wonder if that would be the deal-breaker point on a trade, lottery protection on the following pick or not....?
Quoting: Birtle34
That was a different era, where the value of a elc rookie contribution wasn’t as rated as high as now, all I remember is McCabe was part of a deal, in the prime quality dman, and then there were a few teams that just attempted to buy themselves out of there problems.
But that's also because they rookies were still part of the old-guard of junior player development and NEEDED 2-4 YEARS of development in the minors or as 2nd/3rd/4th line players before they made the jump. Short of players like Lindros, very few top picks made instant franchise-altering impacts and often took years to develop into the elite level players they would become. Today, we have 1-2 players in almost every draft that make massive impacts right out of the draft.
McCabe was definitely part of the deal and he was a really good player, but he was at best a 2-3 d-man on any real contentdi team. He wasn't an elite level defenseman by any stretch, so it's not like they mortgaging their backend on the deal.
Quoting: Watty1
Would prefer to move Hutton. Heard Colorado was interested in him before.
The ask before was Virtanen and Hutton of Barrie back at the trade deadline in Hutton's breakout season.