What thats a great deal for us?
Kyrou makes 8.125M long term whicb is a great deal for us
He has been almost as productive as nylander the last 2 years with less help. Hes a bit younger too
Saad is extra on the deal and a 1st is fairish value for him
I just dont know if we can afford that deal cap wise but value wise its a win for us
Yeah, the deal is mostly about the swap of players. I personally am fond of Nylander, and would not mind swap Kyrou for him. Kyrou is more of an individual skills style, while Nylander seems to utilize his teammates more. This seems to be better suited for the development of our future lines and the next crop of prospects coming up shortly, like Bolduc, Suggerud, Dean, etc.
Kyrou is signed to a reasonable deal long term, and given that Nylander's next contract likely will be 1-3M higher than Kyrou's, that should ease the pain for you guys long term. So has quite a bit more value in the current situation, the 1st is in part to even out that value. Saad is probably mostly worth a 2nd to a contender. He would be more helpful to you guys than to us in the next couple of years, if you ignore the salary. So overall the value is pretty fair, if not slightly in favor of the Leafs.
And like I said, you can send back any short term cap dumps to even out the salary. Most other Blues fans probably won't do this deal, but I'm reasonably bullish on Nylander. We will try to ink him to something like 9M X 5 or similar. If he wants much higher AAV or max term, then we will probably look to move him at the TDL to recoup assets.
