Confirmed with Link: Nick Bonino traded to PIT for 2023 5th & 7th (5th redirected to TBA team for salary retention on trade)

[Friday]

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[karltonian]

Thanks nick. Glad you got to play for the team that drafted you.

 

[OffSydes]

We did it

 

[Stewie Griffin]

I'll guess it's for a 3rd next year

 

[Juxtaposer]

I make a lot of jokes about him, but I will genuinely miss Bonino. Hope he signs back as a UFA this summer. Wish him all the best, even though Pittsburgh isn’t going anywhere this year.

 

[STL Shark]

I make a lot of jokes about him, but I will genuinely miss Bonino. Hope he signs back as a UFA this summer. Wish him all the best, even though Pittsburgh isn’t going anywhere this year.

I was sort of shocked that he and Reimer seemed so open to coming back to SJ as a free agent in the interviews yesterday (or maybe it was the day prior). I would be totally fine with bringing both of those guys back as free agents this offseason after trading them today (though we will see if they want to actually come back after getting a taste of winning - and given that it is rare in pro sports to be traded and then come back the same offseason outside of a legend like Marleau).

 

[spintops]

Our front office is pretty tight lipped with returns taking forever to come out

 

[STL Shark]

Curious on how this deal plays out. Pittsburgh doesn't have cap space for Bonino even if SJ retains 50% without sending something back. If Pittsburgh sent McGinn back, SJ could send Bonino without retention and PIT would just sneak under the cap. At 50% retention, we'd have to take back Danton Heinen I believe to make the deal work.

 

[Friday]

 

[Juxtaposer]

Yeah that checks out.

 

[STL Shark]

Yeah that checks out.

Guessing Grier placed more value on having that retention slot available than the difference between a 5th and 7th? Could also be that he did right by the player to get him back this summer and took a slightly lesser return to put him in a spot he'd want to go. All of that said, difference between 4th-7th is pretty much nil from an expected value standpoint.

 

[Friday]

Yeah that checks out.

Oh the value

 

[Gecklund]

Yeah that checks out.

And we are beginning to swing back to Grier out. Just dumb as hell if this is true.

 

[spintops]

Yeah that checks out.

Lol pretty weird deal

 

[seroes]

So we get a 7th basically....It's better than nothing. And we get just that much worse for the tank.

 

[Friday]

So we get a 7th basically....It's better than nothing. And we get just that much worse for the tank.

Every MG trade is followed by "I guess its better than nothing"

 

[StanleyCup2035]

7th rounder in 2077 or prior? Are we going to use this pick on BPA or Tallest Player Available?

 

[Jargon]

Guessing Grier placed more value on having that retention slot available than the difference between a 5th and 7th? Could also be that he did right by the player to get him back this summer and took a slightly lesser return to put him in a spot he'd want to go. All of that said, difference between 4th-7th is pretty much nil from an expected value standpoint.

I think retention slot is right. Don’t we only have one left for the year?

 

[STL Shark]

I think retention slot is right. Don’t we only have one left for the year?

Correct. Timo will go off the retention books in the offseason, but we only have 1 remaining at this point in time. Would imagine he'd prefer to use it in a Labanc or Karlsson (unlikely but who knows) potential deal where the salary is more penal/necessary to be retained on.

 

[Alaskanice]

is the 5th part of something else or is it for another reason?

 

[Jargon]

is the 5th part of something else or is it for another reason?

Sounds like for another team to retain

 

[Alaskanice]

Sounds like for another team to retain

I’m tired. Retaining salary?? Why give up a fifth for that?

 

[seroes]

I’m tired. Retaining salary?? Why give up a fifth for that?

Sounds like the 5th is going to the retaining team and we get the 7th. So it's basically Bonino for a 7th

Every MG trade is followed by "I guess its better than nothing"

You ain't wrong. But no return for Bonino was ever going to be big.

 

[STL Shark]

I’m tired. Retaining salary?? Why give up a fifth for that?

We only have 1 retention slot available to retain on our own and Pittsburgh doesn't have cap space for Bonino without retention. 5th rounders are the going rate for brokering deals.

 

[Grinner]

Thanks for everything