Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
I mean you are overrating him, he scored 2 goals on an AHL backup, 1 rebound on Kuemper after someone fell on him and 1 against a mediocre backup. Its fine to be excited about him but to say he's worth more than a top 6 center is so incredibly homer
Quoting: Marcsnack
Schmaltz is that top 6 C the Wild can acquire without having to give up Rossi/Boldy. The value can be changed a bit, but I wanted it to be close to what Dvorak got in return. There are other teams who need a top 6 C as well, so I could change that. Just felt like MIN was a good spot for him.
And I highly disagree that Schmaltz is anything close to being a top 6 center. Or that he carries anywhere close to that justifiable level of value. That's where we differ, he may play in Arizona's top six but that doesn't make him a legitimate top six center either. Just because Rask played with Kaprizov last year, does that make him a legitimate top six center too? Of course it doesn't.
Schmaltz's numbers have been bouyed by playing with Garland and Keller/Kessel the last two seasons once Dvorak got taken off that line and replaced by Schmaltz. Funny how Dvorak's best season came when he was on that line instead, three seasons ago. After that, Dvorak's numbers dropped and Schmaltz's rose. That's not a coincidence.
Everyone considers Dvorak to be nothing more than a 3rd line center type, when in actuality he's more skilled and talented of a player than Schmaltz is. Dvorak is a middle six center, by his skill and talent alone. I struggle to see Schmaltz as the same or in equal light. Dvorak is what people think Schmaltz is.
And as I said before, this is based on my having watched more than enough of them over the years.
In my opinion, I do not see or view Schmaltz as someone worth giving up one of our top prospects like Beckman for. The fact I have a much lower opinion on the guy then you two seem to do, is in large part of why I dislike it so much. And yes, I may be *homering* slightly about one of my team's top 5 prospects in our prospect pool, but that is nothing unusual. That is something every teams fans do constantly.