Quoting: mokumboi
Okay, well that's a different thing altogether. Skinner is the prospect. He's not the one I wanted, but he's not a bad prospect. And I said I preferred taking Blais over taking Kravtsov. Plus you're leaving out the 4th that will be a 3rd when that condition kicks in. I mean, these are all basic facts, maybe try adhering to them.
I guess it's rude to mock someone in denial... anyways
Skinner is barely holding himself in the AHL and is 21. He'll be a 7D at best. Blais is worse than Kravtsov right now and has little room for growth, unlike Krav who's 23 and has shown flashes of brilliance in the NHL and KHL, while putting up insane defensive metrics. The 3rd is basically what we're paying for Mikkola, who's the type of player we've been looking for for a while.
So basically, a fringe 4th liner and a late 1st for Tarasenko, who essentially guarantees a deep run. I'm completely ignoring Skinner cause you could easily just sign someone so much better than him in free agency. There are KHL/SHL free agents who would be better signings than him.
We're getting a top 6 RW (a rental but who cares, we still have Krav and Othmann for the future) and a solid 3rd pairing dman, for a cap dump, one of our two late 1sts, a 3rd, and a nothing prospect, how is that 'what you wanted' lmao.