Proposal: Shane Pinto, Drake Batherson for Mason McTavish & Troy Terry

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Batherson is currently the best player in the deal and Pinto is the "worst"

It's close, but I think MacTavish's potential makes Anaheim say no.

 

[mightyquack]

hmmm this one is harder

I'd much rather have Batherson than Terry, particularly considering contracts

I guess it depends if you see MacTavish's upside much higher than Pinto, which actually isn't clear. McTavish is 2 years younger but Pinto is much better defensively so far and has even scored at a better pace

In what world has Pinto scored at a better pace? Because it certainly isn't this one. Both of McTavish's first two NHL seasons has been better offensively then anything Pinto has produced.

McTavish is comfortably a better player then Pinto at this stage in their careers.

 

[Xspyrit]

Let me guess, 3 years ago some of you were saying Zegras > Stutzle? lol

Ducks and Sens are my two teams, I realize contracts/age and other factors play into trade value - but in my opinion Troy Terry stands alone as the best play driver of these four guys. The gap between him and Batherson may not be as much as their contracts reflect but the Ducks should prefer to keep the better player.

Terry is a better player than Batherson? I'm not sure about that. Even if he was, it would never be a 2.0 AAV difference. I'd take Drake without hesitation and even more because contracts are important.

How has Pinto scored at a better pace?

McTavish - 166 games played
Points per game = .58
Goals per game = .24

Pinto - 152 games played

Points per game = .48

Goals per game = .20

My fault as I didn't specify but was specifically talking about last season. Pinto had a weird development because he missed a full season to injury, then after his rookie year, missed another half season to suspension

He scored at a 54 pts pace when coming back with a detailed 2-way center game. I'm not going to give up on him as he has been struggling a few games coming back from injury. Sure I would do it for McTavish but there's other ramifications in this proposed deal.

In what world has Pinto scored at a better pace? Because it certainly isn't this one. Both of McTavish's first two NHL seasons has been better offensively then anything Pinto has produced.

McTavish is comfortably a better player then Pinto at this stage in their careers.

Same as the post above, I was talking about last year, should have specified so I went back and edited. They had the exact same pace though

This seems like an absolute ripoff for Anaheim.

Troy Terry > Batherson in everything but height and size.

and McTavish >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Pinto by a country mile.

Tell me you never watched Batherson play without telling me... I'm actually quite surprised a few have had this opinion. I guess Terry's 2021-22 season is still very fresh in some people's mind. Batherson was actually even better in 2021-22 too and was going to the all-star game (was over PPG) until stupid Aaron Dell cheap shot.

and lol at the last statement, even more ridiculous. I think you forgot a ">"

 

[biturbo19]

Let me guess, 3 years ago some of you were saying Zegras > Stutzle? lol

Some people might've been saying that, but i don't think i ever would've. Stutzle is, and always has looked like an absolute stud. Zegras is better than he's looked lately, but he's not in the same class.

Terry is a better player than Batherson? I'm not sure about that. Even if he was, it would never be a 2.0 AAV difference. I'd take Drake without hesitation and even more because contracts are important.

As mentioned...Terry has been the Ducks leading scorer, or very close, basically since he came into the league. He's a really really good player, on a very bad team, without a lot of support. Batherson isn't bad either, but he's also benefited a lot from "secondary matchups" defensively and i'd take Terry over him pretty comfortably as an impact play driving winger. That one is close though. Maybe even call it lateral if you want, because the size difference is also very tangible.


But as also pointed out...Terry is locked in at that nice $7M pricetag for 5 more years. Batherson is "cheaper" right now, but a couple of years from now, that's almost certainly going to flip when Batherson hits UFA. There are multiple aspects to contracts that are important. Term is one of the key ones.

Tell me you never watched Batherson play without telling me... I'm actually quite surprised a few have had this opinion. I guess Terry's 2021-22 season is still very fresh in some people's mind. Batherson was actually even better in 2021-22 too and was going to the all-star game (was over PPG) until stupid Aaron Dell cheap shot.

and lol at the last statement, even more ridiculous. I think you forgot a ">"

I think you're really overrating Pinto if you think that's an exaggerated statement. He's not a bad player, but he's absolutely not on McTavish's level in terms of value. The Ducks guy has matched Pinto's best "rate" at a younger age and trending in the right direction, and actually putting in a more or less full season. Whereas Pinto has missed timed for various reasons that have kept his best "points total" in a season to what...35? Whether he'll gamble and lose time again, who knows. But that's absolutely a factor in his "value". McTavish has actually done it over a full season and still clearly has untapped upside offensively, if he were playing on a team that has the sort of puck moving defencemen Pinto has been able to play with in Ottawa.