Confirmed Trade: [OTT/BOS] Linus Ullmark for Mark Kastelic, Joonas Korpisalo (25% retained), 2024 BOS 1st round pick

[StreetHawk]

$3 mill is still a lot for a backup goalie when you have a clear #1. Odd trade, especially in division as well.

For the teams that didn't ante up better than this, why not?

 

[Double Dion]

Man oh man, Markstrom got more than Ullmark. And Ullmark is way way better.

No he's not. He played in front of a team that's good defensively. You'll see he's a good 1A this season, but not a true starter. Markstrom is a legit starter. Ottawa got a better goalie, but he'll be in the .900s in Ottawa instead of .920s. Ottawa fans think Pinto is a shutdown center. I think Staios knows better though and will try to address it.

 

[wintersej]

I guess they think Bob Essensa can fix Korpisalo. This Bruins fan is dumb founded.

 

[elMatador]

Sens literally dumped $3m in cap space for late 1st. In return, they got back a starting goaltender.
That late first will be a reach anyway.
Yeah, the moron strikes again.
What a stupid trade and waste of assets.

 

[Double Dion]

The goalie market is always shit for the seller, why does this surprise people every time a goalie trade goes down?

That is one of the few market inefficiencies left in the NHL. The other is drafting Russians. Just gotta hope your team is smart enough to exploit it. The small forward inefficiency has been gone for a few years now. Tampa built a multiple cup winner with it.

 

[gach]

The decline of the Bruins begins

I've heard this a lot in the past

 

[Double Dion]

I guess they think Bob Essensa can fix Korpisalo. This Bruins fan is dumb founded.

A sound defensive team will do more than Essensa. Ottawa is a dumpster fire in their own zone.

 

[Ulf5]

Korp at 3 million is basically the Murphy deal.

So Ottawa upped the likely 2nd round return and made it a first to get Boston to take on korp.

Korp will be much better playing 30 games and a defensively stronger team

I wonder if Boston could find someone interested in Korp @ $2 million?

 

[dirtydanglez]

wouldnt at all shock me if korpi says in boston and puts up better sv% than ullmark does in ottawa.

 

[Double Dion]

I wonder if Boston could find someone interested in Korp @ $2 million?

Definitely they could. I think they keep him though.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Boston must feel that they can rebuild Korpisalo to a level similar to where Ullmark is at.

They get their first back and a potential playoff style bottom 6 centre that can win face offs.

On the surface Ottawa wins, but there is hope for Boston here.

Korpisalo behind Boston’s D is a capable backup. And Boston got a 1st.

Ullmark behind Ottawa’s D is probably with a higher salary.

I see this as a win for Boston.

 

[Nico Cauzuki]

Good trade for Ottawa

 

[Grand Admiral Thrawn]

Game 7 is tonight but the cup will be awarded in another 3 days

 

[Double Dion]

wouldnt at all shock me if korpi says in boston and puts up better sv% than ullmark does in ottawa.

I'd say it's almost a certainty. Korpisalo was just fine with Torts in Columbus. He's not a high danger goalie. He's a system goalie. Ullmark is too.

 

[Gil Gunderson]

wouldnt at all shock me if korpi says in boston and puts up better sv% than ullmark does in ottawa.

Very possible, but analytically Boston wasn’t very good defensively last season. Their 5 on 5 expected goals against was worse than Ottawa’s FWIW.

 

[BLNY]

No, they got thos pick from Detroit in the Debrincat trade, which Detroit got in the Bertuzzi trade.

tks. Originally Boston's pick. But it made it sound like Boston was giving up a first.

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

I guess they think Bob Essensa can fix Korpisalo. This Bruins fan is dumb founded.

Korpisalo will be good for Boston. He impressed me way more in his career before playing on Ottawa. That team can’t defend. The bruins can.

 

[57special]

Thought Ulmark would fetch more.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I wonder if Boston could find someone interested in Korp @ $2 million?

Im sure they could. If someone was interested in Freddie for a season, I would be okay with the canes getting him. He wasn’t as bad as his numbers suggest

 

[DropIt]

its an old school unwritten rule- gms are showing their true colors and trying to upstage the CHAMPS

they did when Bryan Murray was in charge

gotta wait for the cup to be lifted- its an old school unwritten rule- gms are showing their true colors and trying to upstage the CHAMPS

For a poster named Satan, you sure have a lot of feelings

 

[bigbadbruins1]

Peter Chiarelli must be Don Sweeney's trade advisor.
The only trade that I think is worse than this is the Rick Nash trade, and worse than that is the Tyler Seguin trade.

 

[2CHAINZ]

I would have traded that package with the retention just to get rid of Korpisalo. Seems like a huge W even if you don't sign Ullmark somehow.

 

[Double Dion]

Very possible, but analytically Boston wasn’t very good defensively last season. Their 5 on 5 expected goals against was worse than Ottawa’s FWIW.

I checked it up because I was certain you were wrong. Turns out you're correct. That's crazy, I had a totally different read on it watching the teams play, but numbers don't lie.

 

[WreckedUm]

Donny's been hanging with Derek Sanderson again, someone call him an uber.

brutal

 

[JimmyApples]

This is my pet peeve. People need to stop saying 'pretty much a second.' this is a good deal still with a later first.

Pretty much a second