Edited Feb. 4, 2023 at 8:40 p.m.
Quoting: HockeyIsMyPassion61
Not even a comparison to the Horvat trade.
Raty > Minten
Islanders 2023 1st round pick 13th-16 OA range > Toronto's 2023 1st round pick 25th to 28th OA range.
Beauvillier < Toronto's 2024 2nd round pick.
Horvat trade was way better than this worthless trade.
Toronto 2023 1st round pick 25th to 28th OA rnage
Plus FYI Horvat was traded to the East And Larkin is being traded within the division. So once again you can't use Horvat as a template in this situation.
Raty is a better prospect than Minten but not by all that much. He had a bad draft season, a good D+1 season and is now having a bad D+2 season. The team that knows him best already sold early on him. Trying to act like he's a high value prospect is just foolishness.
Islanders' 2023 or 2024 pick. We don't know what that pick is yet. It could be pushed back a year and obviously a 2023 pick is more valuable than 1 delayed a year.
Beauvillier was a cap dump, he's not getting a 2nd round pick. He's a bottom 6 winger, who's never scored more than 40 points in a season, being paid 4 mil a year ... and has term. He was negative value to that trade.
Horvat is an expiring contract in a season the Red Wings aren't going to make the playoffs. Where he goes is irrelevant to the team. The Leafs aren't going to re-sign him. There's no added danger there for the Wings. Beyond that, Larkin has a full NTC. He has control on where he goes, not the team. If you don't like Horvat's trade, I pointed out that Giroux's trade is the more likely comparable ... of course he got even less.