Brooks hates Shatty
Joined: Jul. 2019
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Few issues
1) Overpaying Lemieux by about 425,000. He isn't arbitration eligible, his negotiating rights are far from ideal, he takes a 2 year deal at 1 million a season
2) Brendan Smith will not be our #6 defenseman, I don't see anyway he beats out Hajek and Rykov, let alone both of them. If somehow he isn't bought out or traded, he will likely start in Hartford
3) Buying out Shatty is so short-sighted. His numbers aren't bad, 1 year removed from knee surgery, playing on a total dumpster fire defense and lastly his 6 million dollar dead space cap hit next year is a death sentence that I like to think Gorton is smart enough to avoid.
I do think the trade is realistic, though if we retain salary I'd like to get a better pick since Vesey got a 3rd and Namestnikov can play all 3 forward positions and is a complete player.