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It was a good effort but in the words of Randy Jackson "It's a no from me, dog". You're giving up futures for more futures essentially. Cat is 22 years old and can score 25-40 goals per year. Strome is 22 years old and starting to show he can be a consistent 50 point scorer (while not all-star worthy, those are solid numbers for a 2C and PP2 guy). Beaudin has played 1 NHL game and is making strides. He's only 20! Alex Nylander put up 26 points in 64 games this year, technically his first full year in the league. He may be a late bloomer and that's ok! He has shown a lot of potential this year without consistency but if he can start to find some consistency he could also become a 40-50 points per season player and that'll be huge for the offence as a middle 6 forward. He can also be someone to be relied upon on the PP2.
Teply is not NHL ready but love his path so far! Chalupa is NOT NHL ready. He's another Anton Wedin. He'll be in AHL and we'll see what he's got. He's Kubalik's friend so I'm sure that played a role in signing him. I'd put him more in a "diamond in the rough" category than legit NHL player (like what Panarin was). Same with Shalunov; may not be NHL ready. I'd rather see Entwistle and Kurashev up on the 3rd line in this situation than Teply and Shalunov.
That Ottawa trade, I'm not sure why they'd want to give up 3 futures for 3 spare parts. I'd love to keep Carpy and Kookoo to be honest. I think they were excellent depth players and PK players for the Hawks this year. Ottawa is bursting at the seams after this year's draft with young talent waiting to make their NHL debuts or start their first full season. Remember they got potentially 2 of the top 3 picks this year. They don't have the room to add 3 spare parts.
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