JD1
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It has potential to be Yashin for Spezza part 2 in terms of what we get and where the other player trends while signed to an expensive contract.
A lot of that is hindsight though and it is dependent on Karlsson never being injury free again, which isn't a given. If you asked Dorion at the time of the deal if Norris would be one of the hottest NHL affiliated prospects in hockey and if the pick would be trending to the top 5 with a great shot at Lafreniere, if he is sane be would have laughed at you.
I disagree on the hindsight thing. Certainly things have gone our way, absolutely, but it's not all random luck and SJ's year isn't all related to key injuries, they were bad when those players were healthy.
Is Norris doing well? Absolutely. He's doing great. But down the road a bit "Mid first rounder becomes an NHL 1C". That's not uncommon. It's not uncommon at all. PD's alleged strength is amateur scouting. It's a legit outcome for a guy chosen in that slot. There are other legit outcomes, but becoming a 1C is one of them.
As we stand right now, in my mind every outcome from that trade was foreseeable and some of those outcomes had higher probabilities than others. All the individual outcomes are trending pretty positive for us, but none of those outcomes was remote either