- Apr 27, 2005
- 34,852
- 32,876
lol wow were ppl really considering this? Reinhart is a young PPG center not even in his prime #2OA. Reinhart's value was never lower. Only ppl at HF boards thought so. The trade is lopsided at the time lopsided now. It's not like anyone doubted Reinhart would get better & will still be RFA end of this season.
Reinhart at a 40 goal pace this season last time I checked.
The only ppl who needed hindsight to understand how lopsided this trade always was likely are the same people who don't watch Reinhart play regularly thus your statwatching opinion is invalid and those who cannot proficiently assess true value as a fan with contextual factors considered leading to threads like this.
Lol I’m as hard on Monahan and high on Reinhart as anyone in this thread and this is a massive exaggeration. I always thought Reinhart had higher upside as well but value-wise this was not nearly as lopsided as you’re making it seem. Monahan was literally coming off a 30 goal 80 point season
To add to this, Reinhart is fantastic, but he's not a PPG (point-per-game) center. Yes, he came close to being PPG once he switched from RW to C after Granato took over, but you can't accurately extrapolate small sample sizes over the rest of a player's career. In addition to that, Reinhart is 25 years old, so he's absolutely in his prime right now
Player A- Centre, 26 years old, 6 foot 2
Last 3 seasons combined- 197 GP, 66 Goals, 92 Assists= 158 points
Player B- Centre, 25 years old, 6 foot 1
Last 3 seasons combined- 205 GP, 69 Goals, 86 Assists= 155 points
I don't know...seems like a fairly even trade unless you're going by intangibles.