Bet On It
Joined: Jun. 2017
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The Flyers trade would likely be a non-starter for Ottawa. Patrick is not an upgrade on White at this point, and any potential he's got to improve has been put into question by his health. I think he'll move past it, but that's a huge risk for the Sens to make while giving up some strong assets. White is currently their strongest all around center, and those two 2nds are useful for a rebuilding team like them. Even if Patrick does take those steps, how good does he actually become? A good 2C? Is that really all that much better than White in the end?
I think the value probably isn't horrible on the Nashville trade (though other teams will easily do better), but the Sens aren't a Forsberg away from competing. They need Bernard-Docker and Pinto still as they are incredibly important to what they've been trying to build. Both are seen as important pieces of the rebuild, but changing to alternative prospects (like, say, Thomson and Järventie) loses the value entirely.