Quoting: Ledge_And_Dairy
What's confusing? Bert has been injured all season and mostly irrelevant when he wasn't. I wouldn't pay a 1st for him. If he rebounds between now and the deadline I would probably pay a 2nd.
Zadorov is on a very fair contract, if you think his contract is hard to swallow you are completely out of touch
Gonna have to disagree with this breakdown.
First off nobody is paying a 2nd for Maatta, he's very average at best and the defense rental market is quite flooded at that caliber this year. Its why I also doubt Gavrikov (who is much better than Maatta) won't come close to that reported Savard trade asking price.
As for Bertuzzi, he's had quite the injury history in recent years, 2 fairly relevant ones just this season. Even if he bounces back in the last 30 days before the deadline, no team is going to pay premium for a guy who could end up not playing at all. If the market dries up on wingers (ie Kane, Tarasenko, JVR, Meier, Domi, Barbashev) and you're looking at like Nick Ritchie or something as the next best option available then sure, you can probably charge more. But that's not the case, at most you can maybe hope for a conditional 1st for him that depends on how many games he plays
It remains to be seen how Bertuzzi will fare in the coming month; I fully expect him to have shaken off any rust in that time span. I find it very peculiar how quick people are to write him off as this flash in the pan. By your standard and whoever else that shares your opinion, I suppose Thatcher Demko is worth a 7th round pick while we’re at it.
I took issue with the previous commenter because he called a 50% retained Bertuzzi an “overpaid, middle six” winger. I mean come on, that’s just blasphemous and does not deserve a well thought out retort. Not to mention, the overall condescending nature of the comments. I don’t play that game.
Anyhow, Bertuzzi has absolutely had some hiccups in terms of finding his groove however, he has battled multiple freak injuries this year and despite those mishaps has flashed the skill and compete level we’re used to seeing from him and it’s only a matter of time before he’s doing what Bert does consistently. He’s easily worth a 2nd round pick + right now, and much more if he picks up his game. Not to mention, He’d be an absolutely perfect match for the Flames.
As for Zadorov, I personally like what he brings to the game, I’ve only just read that Calgary was interested in moving on from his contract and that they weren’t pleased with him. If that’s not accurate, then ok. I don’t have some inside knowledge and/or don’t follow the Flames extensively so, I just went off of what I read (on more than one occasion).
As far as Maatta goes, defenseman don’t come more sturdier or reliable than him. Yeah, nothing he does really jumps off the page but, you know exactly what you’re gonna get from him. At the bare minimum he will return a 3rd & 5th or something in that range.