That's the point. Tampa knows what they need in order to beat Toronto, and this is it. They'll do whatever it takes to do so. No matter how much of a terrible trade this is for them, if they win another cup, they could trade 10 1sts for him and nobody would care
Confirmed Jeannot to resign a 4 year deal with a $1.1 AAV contract extension.
oh wait that's Ross Johnston.
That is the only way I can see Tbay getting a "W" for this trade.
Unless Jeannot scores a couple game winning playoff goals or knocks Matthews out.
Nashville wins this deal by a mile considering the HAUL they got for him. Although, my only complaint is letting Tampa add a condition to the 1st rounder; Preds should've said unconditional or no deal.
So you'd have held up that haul on it? Seems a real minor detail to make a line in the sand
This had to be the price for not having a 23 or 24 1st round pick. I could imagine Poile using the want of a 23 1st to up the price if they traded a 25. Good move, protected though so Misa is safe in case Tampa falls off a cliff 😂
In 2 years will Tampa still be going deep into the playoffs? That 2025 1st may come back to bite
It's top ten protected, and also, in two years from now, we'll have Point, Kucherov, Cirelli, Paul, Hedman, Sergachev, Cernak, Perbix, and Vasilevskiy. And probably Stamkos. And I think we'll still have Hagel, although that's not guaranteed of course. That would be a whole top six, top four, and goalie, and every one of those units is Cup-worthy. The bottom-six and bottom-four can be filled cheaply with okay veterans. I think the answer is absolutely yes.
The price is higher when you're talking about an $800k player who is an upcoming RFA. Tampa will either re-sign him or they will recover assets by trading him elsewhere since he would then have to sign with the receiving team. With someone like Meier, for example, the Devils could theoretically lose him for nothing. We also had to give more picks than anyone else because our 1st is in three years, which is less valuable than a 1st right away especially when we're asking for top ten protection. Most rebuilding GMs want pieces that will help them be good in a couple of years, whereas this pick going to Nashville will start to benefit them in like 5-6 years in all likelihood especially since it's top ten protected so it likely won't be used for an immediately ready NHL player. So it makes sense that we had to pay a lot, and also, GMs at this point probably just know if BriseBois calls you at the deadline, you can ask for anything and he'll pay the price because he's identified that whatever player is the best to fix whatever hole he sees and he'll pay any amount of futures. This is what BriseBois does every year, and I always think it's a ridiculous overpay, and then we always benefit. This is probably the most extreme one yet, especially since Jeannot is underperforming offensively and has bad defensive analytics so I don't know what the front office sees in him. But... they have yet to miss on any of these deadline moves.
Losing Foote sucks though. He's young, cheap, and better than Fleury or Myers.
Purhaps Cooper and Brisbois think he will morph into a young Tom Wilson and play him on the top line.
Regardless, with 5 goals Jeannot has out produced Maroon.
Jeannot fits right into the Jon Cooper mold of Cernak, Bogosian, and Maroon.
This is definitely a Nashville win here, although I actually don't hate it for Tampa I believe he will bounce back especially in their system that uses his type of players perfectly and why their so damn good the playoffs.
Just the sheer size of qauntity/quality Nashville get's back here is to good. They're going torwards a mini-retool rebuild thing and they're getting assets for players that wont be apart of their winning teams.
It’s a clear Nashville W value wise but like the Savard, Coleman, Goodrow, Hagel trades, Tampa may get some good value out of it too though it will still be a lot to pay