Sensonfire : What do you think of trading Kubalik for a pick (2nd?) instead of making this Joseph trade? (Katchouk might be involved in the TC scandal too)
Have you seen the reasoning?
Kubalik scored 17 of his 45 pts on the PP last season. There's 12 other guys who need PP time (and only 10 spots). Plus, if a forward gets injured, Sokolov is a PP specialist. If a D-man gets injured, Thomson is a PP specialist
Mathieu Joseph has a better scoring rate at ES than Kubalik over the last 2 years. Much better defensively and has Elite PK metrics. Sens need more defensive ability in their forward group, not less.
Quoting: Snowhawk18
Joseph is a $1m - $1.5m player in the current market,
lol NO
Joseph in 2021-22 : 36 pts pace (his 30 pts were at ES or on the PK)
Joseph in 2022-23 : 26 pts pace (15 of his 18 pts were at ES or on the PK)
Pretty good forechecker, good defensive forward and Elite PKer. Worth a lot more than minimum salary. He would have been underpaid in 2021-22 if he had 2.95 AAV
Quoting: Snowhawk18
A $9m cash commitment for the next three seasons is significant and would take more then a 2nd round pick to make me pull the trigger. These two teams/GM’s completed a deal last season where the Hawks were taking on half the money and received a 2nd and 4th.
Zaitsev was a pure cap dump (replacement player level). He was owed a lot more of that "overpaid money" than Joseph, this isn't even close.