What a shock. Bern giving way a ton of our future for a guy that has 4 points in 20 NHL games. Please. Rangers have a 20 year old center that also sucks on faceoffs but has accomplished a ton more than Hayton in the NHL already. His name is Chytil.
I agree that at present, no ?, Chytil is worth more than Hayton.
That's not the pt.
Pt is, we have
- cap reality
- surplus vets whose mins HAVE to go to emerging talent, hence, Buch, Dea, Strome, buh bye, and mins for Kakko, Chytil, Kravtsov, Gauthier and initially emerging LDs but then Nils L.
- exp dr considerations
so when you are objective about it, the ?s are:
- does NY get more by dealing a la carte?
- if no, what is the assessment of Hayton? how close is he to Anderson/Strome when first drafted on one end or potentially Zib/Schiefle on the other?
It is not clear, answer to that last ?
Sure would have preferred to pay less or get Cychrun in the deal, but again, what is NYR giving up that it can't really afford?
And for a guy 5OA level possibilities?
Zibanejad and Panarin just had career years. Is that going to be close to normal for them going forward? If not, who's picking up that production, our #1 overall pick - Lafreniere? Kakko?
Fox had an amazing year but what happens if he takes a step back during his sophomore year?
Is DeAngelo being traded / is he going to maintain that production on the backend for us?
While we're trending in the right direction a slight setback and we're a bottom lottery team. An unprotected first is off the table for 2021.
I think barring injury, IF we do as I suggest, trim excess vets, play the kids, allow the kids to get comfy with reps on the same lines pairings as much as possible, I see an emerging team in the 16-22 slotting.
We are getting a 5OA on an elc upfront.
Why is that not worth a late 1st?
Also, we should also be thinking more outside the box.
Maybe we get Hayton, and depending on how much we like him, flip him to a team like ANA for their selection and use it on LD Sanderson.
Not a bad NYR offer, don’t expect AZ to spend the money. They also have cap problems.
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expect Deangelo to be 4.5 ish x 2 due to covid.
AZ can swing that
Lias = elc
prospect and pick are cheap.
By time covid is over with and Deangelo's follow up deal is 2m more or so, yotes will be out of AZ w/more financial security or they will have dealt him.