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While the Calgary deal is a couple of bodies, it comes down to the 2nd for Bennett, which is probably almost right. Barbanov and Engvall are types that every team has, NHL/AHL tweeners, and I'm not sure they carry much value at all, (and before anyone says how good they are, tell me why they're being traded and if they'd actually make CAL's roster). But overall a 2nd and a bit more is about right for Bennett. Mikheyev and a 2nd? Or Hyman and a 4th? Calgary jumps on those. But to me, Bennett is worth probably a 2nd and a 3rd, (but not those 2 players who probably don't even make calgarys roster).
But I'm not sure any team trades its number 1 goalie as it prepares for the playoffs, its a shortened season, so the only time to trade your number 1 is NOW. Saying that, I don't think it does much for ARZ.
A more expensive UFA to be, number one goalie to a club going nowhere?
A dman prospect who is going through his ELC without really becoming an NHLer?
Kerfoot is really the only quality, but the entire deal is quantity over quality.
ARZ doesn't gain much in players to make it worth it to give up a 2nd rounder, to gain about 15 spaces in the draft, their goalie is signed cheaper and beyond this year and a good cheap bottom 6 forward = for a HUGE maybe, but not likely in liljegren, quality bottom 6 forward in Kerfoot and moving up in the draft. I'm just not sure its equal or fills a need for ARZ prior to looking at salaries.
They're taking on more salary, in most cases more age and less term and I don't think Kerfoot carries enough value to make it worth while.