Yeah. My guess is this:
- The Nelson trade was truly out of chevys control. Either Nelson at the 11th hour decided to not agree to go to Winnipeg once he realized Colorado was seriously interested in him, or alternatively NY simply valued Colorado’s prospect than our top prospect (yager… and frankly there’s a good argument to make to not make that trade if you’re Chevy even if NY takes it… but if Colorado’s prospect is better than ours, it’s over and Nelson goes to Colorado in any event).
- B. Schenn: very possible that he wasn't really on the table, absent a wild enormous overpay return. The blues didn’t trade anyone yesterday if my memory serves right.
- ROR: again not sure he was really on the table, and Nashville were treating it as if he had a NTC and ROR has term left, so very possible he simply wasn’t an option.
- Laughton - frankly he’s not a 2C and the leafs massively overpaid IMO. I just don’t think that would’ve really filled the void even if we did overpay to get him.
All this to say: was I initially disappointed by not landing a big name (particularly a 2C)? Yes. But not sure that this was really Chevy messing it up. We don’t know the details. And people saying « well he should’ve gotten it done regardless » may not appreciate that the reality may have been: there were no options.