Is Hudler the only garbage return? IMO we made off like bandits on Granlund and Russell.
The Jones trade was sheer garbage too. We take a cap dunp and give them a player for a 6th is laughable. That is almost literally giving him away, might as well have let him walk.
The Granlund trade isn't even a factor since he wasn't even a regular in the lineup.
The Russell deal was not a "steal though". Fair, yeah but the conditional first has everyone brainwashed into thinking it's better than it is when Dallas's chances of getting past Chicago as extremely thin.
I thought it fairly obvious that the Jones and Granlund trades were to facilitate some call ups from Stockton. Neither had much of a future here, and frankly not much of a future in the NHL either. Have my doubts either are in the league in 4 years. The call ups have all played fairly well IMO, especially Hathaway and Wotherspoon. Any NHL experience is valuable for these kids. Hope some of them can push out Bollig and Jooris next year.
Agree the Hudler return was disappointing, but not immensely so considering he's over 30, smallish and soft, and had been battling injuries throughout the year. His game doesn't really lend itself to the playoffs either, though I think he'll help the Panther's PP. Not to mention he's a rental.
Russel return was great no matter how you look at it, but probably had more to do with market value than Treliving conning Nill. 3 assets for a player we likely couldn't afford to bring back is good GMing, and this franchise hasn't seen good GMing in a good long while.
And now Backstrom gets his first start in like 14 months
And now Backstrom gets his first start in like 14 months
Still really like the deal for us.
Confirmed: Russell for Pollock, Kevin, 2nd rounder.
Any final thoughts?
We could easily flip a couple 2nd's to move into the first, although in this draft I am not sure that it is worth it.
Confirmed: Russell for Pollock, Kevin, 2nd rounder.
Any final thoughts?
Would you say all 3 pieces we got were worth about a 2nd?
Jokipakka = 2nd (Not bad since he was drafted with a 7th)
2nd = 2nd
Pollock = 2nd (45th OA pick in 2014)
That's pretty damn good IMO.
Yeah. I didn't like the trade that much at the time be Treliving did pretty damn well.
It's nice having a GM like Tre. So far, I've loved every trade.
Trades: 10/10
UFA Signings: 1/10
Morale of the story, UFAs are usually terrible ideas.
I loved the Frolik Signing.
Can't blame the guy for trying to hit the cap floor on a rebuilding team.