benfranklin
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- Jun 29, 2024
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The initial Chychrun trade was obviously a disaster for Ottawa. But OP was clearly talking about the trade with Washington.So the Sens traded a 12th overall pick and two 2nd round picks for Chychurn, flipped him for a third round pick and a 34 year old "exceptionally smart defensive" stay at home 2nd pair/2nd PK Defeseman and it's a win-win? Sure.
Jensen is 34 years old.
This is a bad value trade. Good for Ottawa it is working out this year, but Chychrun has way more value.
Guys like Jensen can be obtain for cheap every year.
Ben Chiarot got a late 1st as a UFA to be at the deadline.Well, he has no value if he walks. He's a free agent after this season.
Ben Chiarot got a late 1st as a UFA to be at the deadline.
Let that sink in.
A smart GM could have flipped Chychrun for good futures and then used the cap space and the futures to get a good D with an age that fits the core.That helps Ottawa in 3-4 years.
Ottawa and Montreal are not at the same point in the rebuild schedule.
Let that sink in.
They had a massive hole at RD in the top four and those guys are not easily available.
Nobody is going to convince me 34 y old Nick frickin Jensen was good value for Chychrun.
Value wise it's a loss for Ottawa even if Jensen fits Ottawas team more right now.
It's just poor asset control. If chychrun is a top 4D in 5 years and Jensen is long gone and Ottawa wants to compete down the road, it's poor asset control.
Chychrun being more valuable than Jensen and therefore being able to command a higher salary isn't exactly a plus for Jensen though.
It's like saying I would rather have Zack MacEwan over McDavid because McDavid will command 13M and we don't have that cap space but we have the cap space for MacEwan so we wouldn't make that swap in the summer? Yeah right.
Unless one is overpaid...but if both command market value and one gets noticeably more, it's because he's a better player or more valuable asset.
Like with stocks, price isn't a reflection of value, it's market perception of value.
I get your point, and it's valid, and I'm not disagreeing with it, but skill/production have to be weighed against other factors like roster fit, long term cap situation, coachability/room fit, dependability (injuries) etc.
I would like this trade more from the Jensen side if he was going a team like Edmonton or the Leafs, and not a rebuilding team like Ottawa, who don't need that solid defensive bang-for-buck like other cap crunched teams. Not being told who these guys play for beforehand, I would have guessed the teams were reversed based on roster/cap fit.
So far Jensen has been good but lets see how he is doing in December/January since he is on the older side