Edited Dec. 30, 2021 at 2:00 p.m.
Quoting: Skull_King
Yes, an overpaid bottom sixer, another bottom sixer, and a 3rd. What a wonderful offer! You know you would have to pay to get rid of bad contracts right? It's a simple no.
Quoting: hanson493
your stuck with kassian just like the bruins are stuck with moore. nobody wants him. oilers fans need to stop trying to dump him and get value back.
Your passion for your team is awesome to see, but your biases are blinding.
1. Moore hasn’t been a regular NHLer for 3 seasons, this doesn’t make him remotely comparable to Kassian, who has had a lot of EV success as the RW for both of the top NHL scorers over the past 3 seasons.
2. You can say that Kassian has had the advantage of TOI with McDavid and Draisaitl and this is true, but to his credit he has had better results than Puljujarvi, Hyman and Yamamoto who are all current top 6 wingers. That gives one a hint as to his value; it is simple: play him with skill and he will score.
3. What does DeBrusk do? He is only being given playing time to attempt to increase his trade value. He scored 27 goals in 2018-19. He has 10 over the past 2 seasons and 29 in the past 3. He does not have the value of a 30 goal scorer, even though you think so. This is the same argument I had with DRW fans regarding Anthanasiou, who once scored 30. Holland overpaid for him when he was terrible and in the end it cost him 2 second rounders for 1 goal (off his hip in his first game) in 13 games. To compare with DeBrusk, AA has 24 goals over his last 3 seasons, after potting 30 in 2018-19. But AA didn’t make any trade demands….
4. This is a fair trade of 3rd line wingers who can move up if needed. DeBrusk needs a change of scenery and there are tons of Oiler fans who don’t want anything to do with him, especially after the AA disaster.
Bottom line is, Kassian probably has more value than JD right now…