Edited Aug. 7, 2021 at 5:24 p.m.
Quoting: Caerii
My line of thinking was that Dumba is worth about a 1st+B prospect, and I treated Zaitsev more like a cap dump than a valuable asset because he has three years left at 4.5M. But given the players we're giving up, even with 15M in dead cap, we could easily take on Zaitsev for that term.
Fiala with term is worth exactly that in my opinion. I wouldn't ask for more and I wouldn't accept less.
Kap felt a little light to me as well, but given the shorter term of his contract, I wasn't going to ask for much more. A top 6 center prospect and a 1st is good for LA getting only three guaranteed years.
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Zaitsev, Nikita
2022 1st round pick (OTT)
2022 2nd round pick (OTT)
Additional Details:
Zaitsev is for cap purposes.
The 1st is lottery protected, Ottawa would have the choice to defer to a 2023 unprotected 1st.
The 2nd is conditional, Ottawa gives their 2nd in whichever year they don't give their 1st.
OTT
Dumba, Matt
This is interesting, right up until you think Zaitsev is a cap dump. Yes Dumba is worth more than Zaitsev, but the picks are just silly, you're not getting a 1st, let alone a 1st and a 2nd.
So it's interesting, but Ottawa isn't touching that. Trading for Dumba to watch him walk as they begin their window of opportunity, and see him walk with two prime picks, not happening.