He’s getting a 1st at his full cap hit. Let alone retaining half. He got a 1st when we moved him and he’s been better this year than he was then. The other former Devil would be the move.
He is not getting a 1st at a full 5 mill be real.
I think you're underselling the impact of Zajac a quality 3C in that trade. Also how the winger rental market has changed.
We'll have to see what the market is this year, but based on last years market he absolutely does not fetch a 1st, EVEN 50% retained.
In that deadline market here's who fetched a 2nd+
Copp x2 (turned into 1st)
Kulak
Palms (1st)
Rakell
Leddy
Lehkonen (+quality prospect)
Fleury (did not turn into 1st)
McBain
Lauzon
Giordano (x2)
Giroux (1st+high quality prospect)
Lindholm (1st+2nd+2nd)
Hagel (1st+1st+2 prospects)
Chiarot (1st)
Jarnkrok (2nd+3rd)
Manson
Lybushkin
Toffoli (1st+)
In last years market
Hertl+3rd+3rd (with about 9 mill in retention) 1st+prospect
Toffoli: 2nd+3rd
Guentzel: 2nd+prospects
Monahan: 1st
Henrique: 1st
Hanifin: 1st+3rd
Wennberg: 2nd
Walker+dump: 1st
Tanev: 2nd+3rd
Mantha: 2nd+4th
Lindholm: 1st+prospect+cap dump
The winger market was NOTHING last year. We'll see how it shakes out this year but it would be unfortunate if the market is that different that we have to pay significantly more for Palmeiri than we got for Toffoli