Quoting: Bcarlo25
1. rental vs two years (or in the case of the conversations around markstrom today, three vs one)
2. why? they don't have to. what you're doing is ignoring decades and decades of trade precedent and saying, "nahhh, let's pay more!" why? it makes no sense. pay a fair price? sure.
3. maybe, but i thought the market would give lindholm $8m per easy. also i'm not sure you're quite understanding what you're saying. you're saying it's unrealistic that sweeney thinks hanifin is a $7.5M player? have you seen the contracts he's signed guys too?
4. the single dumbest reason for a trade ever. "hey, we're a really good team. lets make ourselves worse because, ummm, change of scenery!" that's just lazy. let's hear a real reason. how does it benefit the boston bruins?
5. then why do it?
1. of course NJD wouldn't make a move without negotiations in place, which is why a deal couldn't happen until the summer.
2. A 1st, 2nd, a 23 year old middle six prospect and a 4th liner prospect IS inline with decades of value. If you don't see that, I don't know what to tell you.
3. Lindholm got 6.5 with a flatcap coming off of multiple questionable seasons. To think inflation, Hanifin's younger age, Hanifin's health, and Hanifin's safer projection based on recent play doesn't net him another million bucks... I don't know what to say.
4. You have to make hard choices in a cap world on where to allocate your funds. Betting on DeBrusk being "good Jake" over the length of his next contract is one I am wary of. For all his hype, he is essentially a less consistent Brandon Saad. Higher highs and higher lows, but that the range of player he is. If you have Pasta, Frederic, Lysell, Holtz, etc in the fold, is that where you want to spend your cap?
5. It's a calculated risk, but Pasta's prime is now. We can talk about primes going to 32 or even extending beyond that... but to win a Cup your best players are in their absolute peak.