That Jackets trade is interesting but not enough imo. Switch the 4th to a 2nd and switch Vejdemo for a good prospect especially since youre also dumping Alzner

I'll give you the choice between a better prospect OR a 2nd, but I keep the 7th...

Wow, I’m a Habs fan and I can tell these are pretty bad for the other teams!
I mean, Foligno still has some value, a lot more than Alzner has!
Same goes for Frolik. At the very least the 2nd rd should go the other way (altough I don’t think Habs should do it with the young p’ayers Coming up)

Very Funny, glad to see Hab fans are back!!!

I was always here, watching... lol!

Calgary, at some point, will need to dump salary and sign some players. AND, they need more picks. I can see them trading a vet + a late 2nd rounder for 1-2 young NHL bodies and 2 quality 4rd rounders...

Vedejmo's a B+ prospect consistently developing and made a jump to the AHL's smaller ice without effecting his growth or production but instead he got better .
he's a defensive forward primarily but he's got the passing skills to be relied upon on the PP and when the games on the line and you need a sure thing .

he's no Suzuki , Poehling , Caufield or Kotkanemi which are our A level prospects with Primeau and Brook being on the line between A and B level prospect .
then you're looking at Fleury , Evans ,Vedejmo , Ikonen, Ylonen, Olofsson , Romanov , Struble and Norlinder all sitting comfortably in your B level prospect bracket.
with players like Harris,Teasdale ,Fonstad , Mcshane, that danish goalie we got this year and maybe Pinard-Harvey sitting in the grey area between B and C level prospect .

after that its all long term projects and career players in the AHL and other leagues .
cases can be made for Mccarron , Pezzetta ,Belzile, and Leiskanen but its still to early to tell with 3/4 and Maccarron's making a comeback run greatly improving under Coach Bouchards style of earning ice time he's thrived and now fully healthy for the first time since his shoulder serperation in 2014 (according to Mccarron)

Vedejmo's good he's just someone who shouldnt be used in a cap dump
Ikonen should because like his brother he'll likely struggle with the speed of north american hockey
but most fantasy sports fans just see the hype and consider him way more valuable then he is compared to his peers in our system at his level .
Vedejmo has a far higher NHL upside because he's big and skate really well allowing him to thrive in todays NHL
Ikonen's got all the tools just like his brother but none of the vision . he could develop it with the right mentor/coach but those are unfavorable odds in comparison to Vedejmo

@Billy739
I think you're quite on with your Habs prospect report. I don't see the Columbus trade as a pure cap dump, but more as a win/win trade. Jackets get younger and cheaper, Habs get grit.