rayzor32
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Buffalo Sabres trade Zemgus Girgensons and Rasmus Ristolainen to Anaheim Ducks for Hampus Lindholm and Rickard Rakell.
Lindholm>Risto
Rakell>Girgs
IMO
Easy no for Ducks I'd imagine
Plus I'm assuming Risto is asking big money like Lindholm is, so it's not like there would be much cap relief
#1: There is no point
#2: Both teams would prefer their own guys.
Wow that is interesting. I thought Anaheim was getting the better players.
If you look at Hockey Future's Ratings:
Zemgus Girgensons has a higher probability of success rating than Rickard Rakell, although Rickard Rakell has a higher talent score than Zemgus Girgensons.
Zemgus Girgensons
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/zemgus_girgensons/
Talent Score 7.0
Probability of Success B
Rickard Rakell
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/rikard_rakell/
Talent Score 7.5
Probability of Success C
Rasmus Ristolainen has a higher talent score than Hampus Lindholm with the same probability of success.
Rasmus Ristolainen
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/rasmus-ristolainen/
Talent Score 8.0
Probability of Success B
Hampus Lindholm
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/hampus_lindholm/
Talent Score 7.5
Probability of Success B
Also, Rasmus Ristolainen played tons of minutes.
From a personnel view I thought this trade was better for Anaheim as well since Anaheim would be trading a right handed shot forward (Rickard Rakell) for a left handed shot forward (Zemgus Girgensons) and Anaheim has many right handed shot forwards (Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler, and Jakob Silfverberg). I think this is why Anaheim signed Mason Raymond and there are rumors about Rick Nash. Also, Anaheim would be trading a left handed shot defenseman (Hampus Lindholm) for a right handed shot defenseman (Rasmus Ristolainen) and Anaheim has many left handed shot defenseman (Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler, Simon Despres, Hampus Lindholm, Clayton Stoner). The defensive pairing of the Finns Sami Vatanen and Rasmus Ristolainen would be cool.
From a personnel view for the Buffalo Sabres, it would have made a lot of sense for the Buffalo Sabres when they needed a left handed shot defenseman and a right handed shot forward, but with the trade of a right handed shot defenseman (Mark Pysyk) for a left handed shot defenseman (Dmitry Kulikov) and the signing a right handed shot forward (Kyle Okposo) it doesn't make as much sense. Although maybe the Swedes Rickard Rakell and Hampus Lindholm would be good for the Swedes Johan Larsson and Robin Lehner.
It is interesting to see the comments on this thread because I thought this trade really weighed in favor of the Anaheim Ducks.
It is interesting to see the comments on this thread because I thought this trade really weighed in favor of the Anaheim Ducks.
Buffalo Sabres trade Zemgus Girgensons and Rasmus Ristolainen to Anaheim Ducks for Hampus Lindholm and Rickard Rakell.
Which would be a less-than-intelligent thing to do for this matter, given we have a substantial part of the exact future right there in front of us that HF attempted to project in a process that is known to not be too dependable. If that projection differs from reality, it's not reality that's broken, it's a scouting projection shockingly having missed by a bit.If you look at Hockey Future's Ratings:
And Rakell has already done more to pay back on that probability, so even if that report still meant something, by including the term probability, it did account for the possibility that Rakell lives up to his (higher) potential, which he indeed so far has.Zemgus Girgensons has a higher probability of success rating than Rickard Rakell, although Rickard Rakell has a higher talent score than Zemgus Girgensons.
Wow that is interesting. I thought Anaheim was getting the better players.
If you look at Hockey Future's Ratings:
Zemgus Girgensons has a higher probability of success rating than Rickard Rakell, although Rickard Rakell has a higher talent score than Zemgus Girgensons.
Zemgus Girgensons
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/zemgus_girgensons/
Talent Score 7.0
Probability of Success B
Rickard Rakell
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/rikard_rakell/
Talent Score 7.5
Probability of Success C
Rasmus Ristolainen has a higher talent score than Hampus Lindholm with the same probability of success.
Rasmus Ristolainen
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/rasmus-ristolainen/
Talent Score 8.0
Probability of Success B
Hampus Lindholm
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/hampus_lindholm/
Talent Score 7.5
Probability of Success B
Also, Rasmus Ristolainen played tons of minutes.
From a personnel view I thought this trade was better for Anaheim as well since Anaheim would be trading a right handed shot forward (Rickard Rakell) for a left handed shot forward (Zemgus Girgensons) and Anaheim has many right handed shot forwards (Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler, and Jakob Silfverberg). I think this is why Anaheim signed Mason Raymond and there are rumors about Rick Nash. Also, Anaheim would be trading a left handed shot defenseman (Hampus Lindholm) for a right handed shot defenseman (Rasmus Ristolainen) and Anaheim has many left handed shot defenseman (Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler, Simon Despres, Hampus Lindholm, Clayton Stoner). The defensive pairing of the Finns Sami Vatanen and Rasmus Ristolainen would be cool.
From a personnel view for the Buffalo Sabres, it would have made a lot of sense for the Buffalo Sabres when they needed a left handed shot defenseman and a right handed shot forward, but with the trade of a right handed shot defenseman (Mark Pysyk) for a left handed shot defenseman (Dmitry Kulikov) and the signing a right handed shot forward (Kyle Okposo) it doesn't make as much sense. Although maybe the Swedes Rickard Rakell and Hampus Lindholm would be good for the Swedes Johan Larsson and Robin Lehner.
It is interesting to see the comments on this thread because I thought this trade really weighed in favor of the Anaheim Ducks.
Haha those ratings mean jack squat when we're talking about players who have multiple NHL seasons under their belt. Hell those ratings barely mean anything to begin with.
??? Both ducks players are better. What's the point of downgrading
Wow that is interesting. I thought Anaheim was getting the better players.
If you look at Hockey Future's Ratings:
Zemgus Girgensons has a higher probability of success rating than Rickard Rakell, although Rickard Rakell has a higher talent score than Zemgus Girgensons.
Zemgus Girgensons
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/zemgus_girgensons/
Talent Score 7.0
Probability of Success B
Rickard Rakell
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/rikard_rakell/
Talent Score 7.5
Probability of Success C
Rasmus Ristolainen has a higher talent score than Hampus Lindholm with the same probability of success.
Rasmus Ristolainen
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/rasmus-ristolainen/
Talent Score 8.0
Probability of Success B
Hampus Lindholm
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/hampus_lindholm/
Talent Score 7.5
Probability of Success B
Also, Rasmus Ristolainen played tons of minutes.
From a personnel view I thought this trade was better for Anaheim as well since Anaheim would be trading a right handed shot forward (Rickard Rakell) for a left handed shot forward (Zemgus Girgensons) and Anaheim has many right handed shot forwards (Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Ryan Kesler, and Jakob Silfverberg). I think this is why Anaheim signed Mason Raymond and there are rumors about Rick Nash. Also, Anaheim would be trading a left handed shot defenseman (Hampus Lindholm) for a right handed shot defenseman (Rasmus Ristolainen) and Anaheim has many left handed shot defenseman (Sami Vatanen, Cam Fowler, Simon Despres, Hampus Lindholm, Clayton Stoner). The defensive pairing of the Finns Sami Vatanen and Rasmus Ristolainen would be cool.
From a personnel view for the Buffalo Sabres, it would have made a lot of sense for the Buffalo Sabres when they needed a left handed shot defenseman and a right handed shot forward, but with the trade of a right handed shot defenseman (Mark Pysyk) for a left handed shot defenseman (Dmitry Kulikov) and the signing a right handed shot forward (Kyle Okposo) it doesn't make as much sense. Although maybe the Swedes Rickard Rakell and Hampus Lindholm would be good for the Swedes Johan Larsson and Robin Lehner.
It is interesting to see the comments on this thread because I thought this trade really weighed in favor of the Anaheim Ducks.