Edited Aug. 26, 2020 at 8:01 p.m.
(He was a sub replacement guy analytically 2 of the past 3 years, while Zucker was a fringe top 10 LW analytically 2 of the past 3 years, and we paid more for option 1... and Hallander is a better spec than Addison, slightly, and we also added a competent 3rd liner in ERod as well...)
Kap also is not very good on the PP with a whopping 0 goals on the PP in 19-20 and was dead last in PP G/60 did TOR over the past 3 years (among forwards) and he's not a particularly great shooter either, underscoring his PP ixG by 0.4 G/60 over the past 3 years, and only outscoring is overall ixG by 0.07 G/60...
Hall/his agent also already said he's not taking a short term deal (and i would be stunned if it's only 6 mil anyway)
Kap also isn't a legit first line winger, even TOR fans will agree to that, most don't even call him to 6, at best he's a mid 6 guy, ideally a 3rd liner (tho that doesn't mean he can't play with sid, and he is an upgrade over Simon/Sheary)
Can't call up Poulin once you send him down (to the Q)
In what world would you think of trying to keep Blueger or TANEV over Rust, ik Rust had a career year and won't be PPG, but Blueger and Tanev are both easily replaceable 4th liners, and not even the best ones on the team! And even if Tanev was the best 4th liner in the league (and he's not even the best on the team) 3.5 mil for him would still be quite bloated compared to 3.5 mil for Rust being a complete steal
I doubt ARZ does that, Dvo is their best C, (tho Zucker is still the better player) and that trade doesn't give them much cap relief, and it takes away their freedom to move Raanta bc they have an NHL caliber goalie in the system
Still strongly against trading ZAR, especially for Roslo, who i love, but just don't really see being a fit with the team, idk why
Bjorkqvist won't be a 10 year NHLer lmfao, I'd be surprised if he plays more than 10 games, A. He wasn't particularly good in providence, B. He did not look good in the AHL, and just suffered an ACL injury (well, not just, but he hasn't played a regular season game since getting hurt) and is a 23 year old with 6 games of pro experience playing in Liiga for the season, meaning he'll be 24 before he even gets a shot at NHL time (which by the way is the same age the average player peaks) and based off his AHL time i really don't think he'll make that jump next year lol