This is a troll right? One of a few things is happening in this trade. Either 1. You think Coots is going to be a 1C again which then makes this a pathetic offer, 2. You think Coots will be a 2C which still makes that offer pathetic, and 3. Coots can’t play anymore and you want to pick up an 8 year LTIR contract. Since we both know you wouldn’t trade for him if option 3 is what you were thinking it means this offer is a terrible offer for a player that will still be a 2C at minimum and already has a Selke

Or there is the risk of #3 and Phili gets a good prospect? And OP is willing to take that risk?

He’s playing 1C on this team so it’s not #3. Nobody takes that contract on unless they know he can actually play still. #3 was a joke because of that. Nobody will trade for a player that has had two back surgeries without seeing that he can stay healthy. It was more so to say that this is a terrible offer for Coots if you expect him to be a 1C. Quite frankly with the cap dumping market being a 2nd for $5M dump and the prospect was drafted in the 2nd round. This deal would barely go through even if you took Coots out and it was just for future considerations

I figured OP hopes he can be that. Big risk like you said. Nothing is for certain right now.

Again if he can be a 1C again you have to pay for that. Sure risk is involved which means you take away some of the return but a cap dump, a late pick, and a decent prospect doesn’t get a 1C, doesn’t get a 2C, doesn’t even get a 3C lol. Not to mention if Coots goes back to 1C a direct rival now has him which means the price goes up even further to trade him in division. The Flyers risk of him being a 1C in division versus the CBJ risk of him getting hurt should offset which means you still need to pay 1C Selke price for him which is quadruple what this offer is

They don't know that.... holy S$&$

So if you are saying you wouldn't do that deal, that's fine. He may/may not be healthy. As of now, it's a risk for CBJ to take on his deal.

Coots isn't waiving his NMC. Guy loves Philly too much to just hop ship. Nobody's gonna try and pay for him either due to the giant pile of "what ifs?".

Sure there’s plenty of risk. I said that 5 times already. Both teams carry risk. But the flyers aren’t trading him for that little and he probably wouldn’t waive to go there anyway. The last thing he would want to do is go from one rebuild to another

Do you think last year was indicative of who CBJ are or an off year? Their D was pretty wiped out.

Doesn’t matter