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Here, I'll break down your trade so you can see why all the comments are against you right now:
A struggling D+2 goalie (Mandolese, Kevin)
A depth centre that Anaheim does not need / can find on the UFA market (White, Colin)
A good defense prospect that hasn't lived up to his potential, and as you said, Anaheim is not lacking LD options for the bottom-4 and this one doesn't look top-2 like he used to (Brännström, Erik)
My personal favourite is this guy. A guy who chose to play in the KHL over Ottawa and now you think he's valuable in this trade (Abramov, Vitaly)
and a 2022 2nd round pick (OTT)
The only thing that could be anything of value in this trade is Brannstrom, and that's a pretty big gamble based on his performance since the draft.
So no, this is not "2.5 1st round picks", and Anaheim will get offered a WAY better package should they decide to move on from Gibson
Without commenting about the ACGM specifically, I'd like to address the misconceptions this responder posted in his comment, and I'll break it down for you, sounds condensing, doesn't it?.
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A struggling D+2 goalie (Mandolese, Kevin)
First off, it's his D+4 season, but he's not the main piece of the trade anyway. Most goalie prospects take years to develop, and struggle at times. You're not getting a Gibson type goalie back as the 4th or 5th piece of the trade, the replacement goalie for the system, not Gibson's replacement.
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A depth centre that Anaheim does not need / can find on the UFA market (White, Colin)
A 24 year old centre with 200 NHL games, and 88 points in those 200 games, is not depth. Your use of depth was meant to minimize Whites perceived value. Depth are 4th line centres and replacements. Colin White is a middle6 centre. If you don't like the trade, just say so, don't make crap up.
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A good defense prospect that hasn't lived up to his potential, and as you said, Anaheim is not lacking LD options for the bottom-4 and this one doesn't look top-2 like he used to (Brännström, Erik)
A 22 year old defenceman with 65 NHL games. No he isn't Cale Makar or Quinn Hughes, who are close to the same age as Brannstrom, Hughes is 42 days younger, Makar a year older, and have 111 and 142 NHL games respectively, and both drafted much higher than Brannstrom, 4th and 7th overall as compared to Brannstrom at 15th overall. This comment that Brannstrom hasn't lived up to his potential is beyond ridiculous.
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My personal favourite is this guy. A guy who chose to play in the KHL over Ottawa and now you think he's valuable in this trade (Abramov, Vitaly)
and a 2022 2nd round pick (OTT)
Abramov isn't the cornerstone of this offer any more than Mandolese is, these guys are the players meant to bolster Anaheim's prospect pool. BTW, Abramov left the Sens organization because he was looking up at Tkachuk, Stützle, Batherson, Brown, and Formenton, and had Jarventie and Sokolov joining the B-Sens, and Greig following shortly behind. He was being squeezed out, but has the same development path as Ryan Dzingel, a useful middle6 winger.
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The only thing that could be anything of value in this trade is Brannstrom, and that's a pretty big gamble based on his performance since the draft.
So no, this is not "2.5 1st round picks", and Anaheim will get offered a WAY better package should they decide to move on from Gibson
So yes, this is 2.5 1st round picks, considering the Sens 2022 2nd round pick will be at the beginning of the round. Maybe Anaheim can get a better package for Gibson, maybe they can't, it doesn't matter, this is just a discussion, but try to deal in reality, or it isn't even a discussion.
Personally, I prefer the Murray/Gustavsson tandem in Ottawa
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