Quoting: JSEB93
I like Schmaltz - he's great I'm not saying he isn't, But 14th overall plus a 2nd, 3rd an Pickering for Schmaltz still seems high. Maybe I'm wrong on that. I get Granland is involved - so you have to account for that - but I'd rather just buy him out than pay to dump him. Vejmelka isn't legit - I don't see why Pens fans are so high on him - especially with the way we treat our own goalies lol. He carries no value to me. That good? He had an .899 save% last season - .898 the year before. Most valuable other than Saros - does Hellebuyck not exist? Even Gibson has more value - same with Ullmark and Hart. He's not better than 3/5th of them. He's 6th, last place. Although I would rather get him than pay for Gibson
You're better off just playing Desmith, who's even cheaper than Vejmelka and you don't have to give up any assets for him
Schmaltz is prolly comparable to Debrincat last summer, so I'll say 14+2+3 is prolly close enough for him, agreed on Granlund, that buyout is so easy it's 100% what I would do, but if we do trade him it'll prolly cost ~a 2nd to move. Assuming you value Vej at 0 (I'll get to later) the difference between Pickering and a 2nd in this yrs class isn't THAT big (I wouldn't do the trade for just Schmaltz, but I wouldn't despise it if we did)
With Vej, he was 14th in the league in GSAx/60 last yr, better than Jarry (35th), Desmith (24th), Gibby (44th), Demko (43rd), and Hart (15th). Which is v close, but Hart makes more and will likely cost more trade assets. While he's behind Helle, Helle only has 1 yr left on his deal, then prolly gets a 9+ mil contract, and I just can't justify that for any G, Helle is absolutely better rn, but we'd only be getting him for 1 yr most likely, and making ~3x as much. With Ullmark, he is also def better, but you're gonna have to give him what, 6+ mil for 6 yrs, that's a bit of a yikes contract too, and there's no guarantee that he signs in PIT vs some other team that needs a G. I wouldn't hate getting him, Helle, or obv Saros, who is absolutely the most valuable G rn, but Vej, with his cheap contract and potentially cheap trade value would be up there with them. With the inconsistency of Gs in the NHL, I just really struggle to justify spending big on the position