eco's bones
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Just as an aside, I was mainly spitballinf of the type of deal I would be expecting should TB include Johnson. We just saw a deal very similar to this:
To OTT:
Matt Duchene
To COL:
Andrew Hammond + Samuel Girard + Vladimir Kamenev + Shane Bowers + OTT 1st '18 + OTT 3rd '19 + NSH 2nd '18
To NSH:
Kyle Turris
So basically:
To TB:
Ryan McDonagh
To NYR:
Cal Foote + Brett Howden + TB 1st '18 + TB 2nd '18 (for the fact that Ottawa's 1st will be higher) + MON 1st '18 (for now let's say this is top-5 protected) + Alex Galchenyuk
To MON:
Tyle Johnson
Are Foote and Howden better or worse than Giradi and Bowers? I'd say maybe slightly worse, but not by much. Galchenyuk has been on the block for a while. Lot's of moving pieces
I like what Colorado got back for Duchene better and McDonagh's a better player than Duchene is. Just saying. I like Girard better than Foote. That Ottawa 1st in 18 (unless it's conditional) puts you in the top 5. If it is conditional it's probably a 1st next year which very easily could again be a top 5 pick. Maybe all he needs is a change of scenery but I can't really say I'm a big fan of Galchenyuk's.
Another issue is what if Montreal doesn't bite on Johnson? It's not enough and if we're throwing in 50% of Ryan's cap hit besides Tampa would need to pony up more. This isn't about making it easy for them. They're figuring on winning a Cup with our player.