BUF rejects the CHI trades while taking the other one and runs away

Ottawa says no, they arent giving up on Brown yet. Hed get 50-60pts next year if he played with Reinhart and Olofsson lol

hawks accept, but admittitly you could get more for reinhart

I don’t really get why people say that, they seem to be similar point producers (at least in PPG), and center is a much more valued position for a team than RW…

Also, we have Saad and Kane playing RW on our team currently, who moves out of the top six with Kubalik and DeBrincat on the other side? (Also he isn’t an ideal center)

I understand that people have the impression that Reinhart is more valuable, but I don’t think he is to the Blackhawks, Atleast compared to Strome.

I think reinhart is a better player but maybe that's just me. I say the hawks accept because value wise this deal is good for us, but I would much rather do Strome for Brodin. Doing something like this would almost for sure push saad to eigther be traded or put on the third line which is not ideal. Thinking back over it I don't think this makes sense for the hawks at all unless they thing reinhart can play center, but value wise this trade is favorable.

He can’t play center, and IMO Reinhardt won’t get the top line minutes with top players he needs to produce.

I also think Strome is still developing (sort of) meaning I think he is still going to get better.

Ya that makes sense. I think the perceived value is higher just because Reinhart has been much more consistent and has been good for many years whereas Strome has only had 2 good season so far

I don't know about that. Sens need a top 4 RD badly. I would say the consensus is that Risto isn't that guy, but that 50-60 points Brown might produce is offset by the 40-50 Risto throws up from the back end.

The biggest issue I see with the deal is the money. It's an extra $5 million in payroll. Melnyk may not like it.

Strome has also only been in Chicago for 2 seasons. AZ was just awful at developing him. Thats not Strome's fault. Those two good seasons were also at age 21 and 22 which is impressive. In terms of PPG Strome has been better than Reinhart was at the same age

they can afford to be patient. They have Zub, Thomson and Bernard Docker coming. And one of their 4 top 33 picks will likely be a RHD. Theyre okay

Ottawa is NOT a playoff team next season and Ristolainen is UFA at the end of 21-22 and would likely want to test the market. It's not a smart move for Ottawa.

But Strome just turned 23 years old, and came off of two strong seasons at 21 and 22 years old. AZ messed his development up (not shocking) so Strome has definite upside and as an RFA gives cost control to the team that owns him.

I'm not saying Strome is or is not more valuable then Reinhardt, but people forget Strome is so young and really has only been given a chance the last two seasons.

I think that really is the issue here. Chicago shouldn't take the deal on it's own because of Kubalik, Debrincat, Kane and Saad...where does Reinhardt fit in as losing Strome we would be back to running two scoring lines versus 3. I get we can move someone but why give up a promising young center in Strome for a position we don't have an immediate need for? I love the Strome for Brodin trade as it makes a lot of sense for both teams.

That's a pretty big jump for a guy that was on pace for under 30 points over an 82 game season last year. He is 22 it is not like he is 19 where it would be more realistic for a player to double their production from one year to the next