Quoting: Fleurdelille
That one dimension is really great though, when it's clicking.
5V5P/60. Who do you think is Klefbom and who do you think is Ghost below?
0.85 1.2
0.85 0.49
0.59 1.06
0.64 0.91
To say he can only produce at PP is incorrect.
This was Ghost for RNH though. Is this year an Outlier for RNH? He has 1 60 point season in 9 years, despite playing with the likes of Hall and Eberle. The narrative is that he's good defensively but if you look at Oilers PK this year he has terrible numbers (suggesting he is actually making the PK worse). He's not spectacular at the dot.
I love RNH but I think you are being biased.
*edit* to add to that, the suggestion is mostly about not having to commit to RNH's salary raise while Oilers don't have the depth to be truly competitive. By the time Oilers can truly be in discussion playoff success, RNH's best years will be gone
I think Oilers will need to commit to Draisaitl as 2C. RNH may not be a good enough 2C to win the cup in the latter half of his contract.
Comparing Gostisbehere to Klefbom without taking into account the fact that Klefbom plays 1st pair competition while Ghost plays 3rd pair is always going to give you a false impression, which is why I compared his scoring to that of Matt Benning.
Is this an outlier year for RNH? He has averaged 58 points per 82 games throughout his career. If you look at his "5v5 P/60" scoring rates you'll see that 2018-19 was his 4th best year out of 8. So essentially, career average scoring. His TOI was up by almost 2 minutes per game and he played all 82 - that's where the increase came from.
EW's valuation chart shows RNH to be worth $7,916,808 on an 8 year deal. Gostisbehere is worth $6,128,899 at 8 years, although EW projects that he's unlikely to receive an 8-year deal, showing him at $5,718,637 x 6 instead. That's nearly a $2M loss in value.
Ehlers and Klefbom have very close actual value, with Klefbom holding the edge in 7 of the 8 years. For instance, Ehlers' current value is listed as $5,766,240 x 4, whereas Klefbom is listed as having $5,821,558 over the same term.
So you can see how you've traded away value here.
- You've essentially traded a very good 2C and replaced him with a very good 2LW which is a positional loss in value - RNH can play 2LW just as well as Ehlers can but he can also play C, something that Ehlers cannot do. Also, you're losing something on the defensive side of the puck at 5v5.
- You also moved the team's 1LD and replaced him with a 3LD / PP specialist - right at the time that Bouchard is coming in to run the PP. Gostisbehere makes more money than Klefbom and isn't nearly as good, and his PP acumen won't be put to full use on this team anyhow. That's a SERIOUS downgrade defensively.