You just lost JBD on waivers.

Hawks decline. This trade has been proposed before. Thomson doesn't come close to covering a Joseph dump.

I could live with this since there won't be an opportunity for Thomson in Ottawa (13 guys need PP time lol) but if it doesn't work, I'd much rather trade Kubalik and keep Joseph instead


Here's a comparison I made between the 2 players :

Kubalik is a pretty decent offensive player but look at the other Sens players, there won't be a lot of PP time available... Kubalik scored 17 of his 45 pts on the PP last season

Over the last 2 years, Kubalik has 51 ESP despite only missing 5 games. Joseph has 45 ES + PK pts despite missing 39 games...

So Joseph has a better scoring rate at ES (1.58 pts per 60 ES minutes vs 1.53 for Kubalik), is quite better defensively and is a TOP PK forward in the NHL.

What was Ottawa's weakness last season? 5v5, they finished 25th in GF%

Kubalik's contract (1 year vs 2.5 AAV) makes him attractive and would return a decent pick while clearing 2.5 AAV

Joseph's is a cap casualty (3 years vs 2.95 AAV) and would cost a decent pick to move


Plus, Kubalik will want a pretty significant raise if he puts good numbers in Ottawa... something that we won't be able to afford (as we might go after a bigger fish if Tarasenko is not kept) or want (risky contract for Kubalik?)

I know which guy I want traded. Ideally I'd want both but we still have so much dead money, no choice.

For realz.

Ah **** i forgot he was eligible. I guess i should of sent down Kelly.

I'm ok with acquiring Mathieu, but it'll be more expensive than just Lassi. He can be part of it. I think the Hawks should get a RD prospect, but Lassi by himself won't be enough.

Guys Joseph still has some sort of value, he’s not Hoffman. Lassi is a solid young prospect. It should do the work.

That might be the case to a team looking to fight for a playoff spot, but Joseph has little to no value to a rebuilding team like the Hawks. He'll be a UFA before the Hawks sniff the playoffs again. He's just another guy who his current team needs to move out for cap reasons. Thomson doesn't have that sort of value as a prospect on his own.