Hen Kolland
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- Feb 22, 2018
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Holy **** is Mantha getting overrated in here... He is a good player but nothing to warrant this type of return. I wouldn't trade Nuge straight up for him and you want Klefbom on top of that? The guy hasn't even cracked 50 points once...
Let's not get carried away. He's on an 82 game pace for 28g/21a/49p which would essentially be that plateau you mentioned. Additioanlly, the Nuge+Klefbom+pick package was initially mentioned for Mantha+Green. Nobody is insinuating (at least not logically) that Mantha can command that return on his own. In the end, Detroit is probably not signing on a deal that moves Mantha for a high draft pick exclusively. At 23 in his second full season, he's trending in the right direction, and fits in with the Wings plan right now. The only way I see him being moved would be for multiple young or future assets; it makes no sense to do one in, one out. At the same time, Edmonton is absolutely right in their stance to not want to give up the type of assets it would take, because while they should be able to compete right now, they would be much better served to build on the young foundation for long term success. They need to hit on productive, cost controlled players that can fit with McDavid's and Drai's contracts.