Wouldn’t count out Detroit sneaking in a Bertuzzi package to AZ (in a JC deal) and everyone’s going to end up asking where the contenders were in all of this??
Then in the summer or next deadline, if they know he won’t sign, Arizona will just flip Bertuzzi for a huge package and still have whatever else they received from Detroit.
For the Coyotes, it’s the type of deal allowing them immediate results, and if they did move Bertuzzi over the next year, could potentially turn JC into a crazy return all around.
All while Detroit, in only 3 years, will have quietly assembled one of the deepest talent pools of quality young dmen in a system, we’ve seen in recent memory. Some of whom we will start seeing next year on top of Seider. JC would speed up their timeline obviously.
People who really enjoy researching and watching young prospects actually play, not just stat watching and rating someone from what round they were drafted, should really look into the quality of Detroit’s D Prospects. It’s crazy good. Most might know of Edvinsson and Johansson, and maybe even see Wallinder’s breakout year in the SHL, but go watch the others too. Crazy deep pool of quality talent.
Pure hockey trade for two lower end teams with loads of talent coming.
By that logic, Grans and Chychrun are roughly equal, since Grans has 19 points in 45 games while Chychrun has 21 points in 47 games.
