In a vacuum, this is an excellent deal. However, in reality, CBJ have way too many forwards and they are over the cap if they don't put someone big on LTIR.
Frankly, i'm not sure. I want Columbus to be good bc I love parity in the league. But their cap situation is a little hesitating. 8+ for Laine, Gaudreau & Vorechek each is risky business imo. I would have to think Nyquist will have to be the cap relief to ANA/ARI
Yeah CBJ pretty much super won the deal for Dubois.
Not that Dubois is by any means bad, Laine though is a game changer imo.
CBJ won the trade as it stood from the get go, and even more so now considering the current situation with Dubois.
In a vacuum, this is an excellent deal. However, in reality, CBJ have way too many forwards and they are over the cap if they don't put someone big on LTIR.
It's still a good deal, but not excellent.
After seeing what CBJ did to shed cap space, I would like to take back by "Good" and lower that to a "Meh".
8 years at a lower cap hit would have been massive. This fits somewhere in the middle. Compromise I think.
It’s a flat cap, and he has the opportunity to get out at prime UFA age. I don’t think he, or any other player, would accept a 7-8 year deal at that age absent a massive ($10M+) overpay.