Wow, McDonagh is out of his prime but damn you'd think tampa could get a bigger return. They wanted cap space out of the this trade and they got it. I vote nashville as winners because they get a solid D, out of his prime but he's serviceable in the top 4.
Nashville wins this, but it isnt awful for Tampa. Myers will almost 100% be bought out which somehow gives Tampa 616k in extra cap. Nashville now has a left side of Josi / McDonagh / Ekholm which is probably the best in the league. I like it for both sides but Nashville definitely wins
In theory, Tampa won this trade, because we needed cap space and we found it. We off-loaded $7.1m if we buyout Myers since his contract structure means his buyout would be negative for the first year. That's enough to keep Palat and Rutta, and that's ultimately what we set out to do. But how do we replace McDonagh? We don't have four top-four defensemen anymore and I don't quite understand how that's supposed to work on a Cup contender, much less one that relies heavily on defense...