Edited Jun. 10, 2023 at 12:52 p.m.
If I can get a late first value out of TRad....I am all in on the rebuild. Hawks are at the least 2 full years out which means TRad will have hit UFA and need to be paid. At 750K and a RFA year, he has WAY more value to actual contenders then the Hawks. The problem with contemplating keeping TRad is he will rack up points playing top 6, getting PP, maybe some time with Bedard and want to get paid based on that. On a good/playoff team, he is a depth scoring 3rd liner and NOT a top 6.
As to this TRad trade...obviously the #14OA is way to much 1st rounder for TRad, But Granlund is of no interest unless he has a fairly high 2nd attached to him. This proposal gets pretty close to that value, so I would do this as a Hawks fan. Problem is this would leave the Pens with only 2 3rd round picks in the 1st 4 rounds. I think TRad is more valuable to several other teams that are in a tighter cap situation and working something around #14 Granlund for the Hawk 2nd, Tampa 2nd, & the Hawk 3rd (which would give Granlund the value of costing a 2nd rounder in the 40's to dump him). I would then peddle TRad to the highest bidder among cap strapped teams like CAL, VAN, MIN, VGK, Bos, Edm and the one that wants to pay the highest 1st rounder valuation gets him.