Confirmed Trade: [WPG/VAN] Nate Schmidt for 2022 3rd round pick

[IranCondraAffair]

How has Schmidts value been so low for 2 trades in a row now

Contract, term, age, production, etc...

 

[Laterade]

we got him for a 3rd lol

 

[UrbanImpact]

Canucks with Cap space now if they didnt retain on this trade!

I wonder who they are targeting!

Great move all around.

SChmidt is a great guy, it was just a bad year to join a team and live in quarantine .

All the best to him

 

[VIPettersson]

Schmidt is a jerk. Could've made off with 2 2nds. Waits until they grab Dillion and then he agrees to waive? Good riddance.

 

[nucks88]

How has Schmidts value been so low for 2 trades in a row now

He’s not worth his cap hit…..

 

[Super Cake]

Schmidt kept blocking a trade to Winnipeg but now accepts it?

 

[UrbanImpact]

Looks like he just hated Vancouver that much more.

Reported that he wants to play where he is PP1 QB option.

 

[le_sean]

Winnipeg’s top 4 is looking nice now

Morrissey-Schmidt
Dillion-Pionk

Demelo played with Dillon before I think. Maybe Schmidt on the 3rd pairing with Stanley. Solid. Hellebuyck needed the support.

 

[Puckclektr]

Winnipeg’s top 4 is looking nice now

Morrissey-Schmidt
Dillion-Pionk

Hmm. I recognize that name from somewhere and it isn’t hockey.

 

[Petey O]

Garbage trade. He is a legitimate top 4 dman. Jets got a steal.

 

[canucksfan100]

6M off the books and recouped the pick they dealt for it. Not bad

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Vancouver clearing cap, for Elias Pettersson and Quinn Hughes.

 

[John Johnson]

Canucks break even on draft picks and gain over 5 mil in cap space. Pretty decent honestly. Winnipeg gets a good transition dman.

 

[CupInSIX]

Persistence pays off, I guess.

 

[ruaware41]

what a steal

 

[Vitto79]

Garbage trade. He is a legitimate top 4 dman. Jets got a steal.

he’s also overpaid and was dealt from Vegas for a 3rd

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Schmidt goes from Vegas' top pair to being juggled around for 3rd round picks.

 

[Mike Hasselhoffman]

Solid move for the Jets. Schmidt is a much better player than he showed in Vancouver last year.

Morrissey - Pionk
Dillon - Schmidt
Stanley - DeMelo

That’s certainly not bad at all. Don’t have to rush Heinola/Samberg.

 

[wonton15]

I get why it happened but seriously only a 3rd is a little disappointing.

 

[780il]

Just like that the only remaining dman in Vancouver that can actually defend is gone!

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Slightly disappointed in the return. But the key here is that we didn't have to take back any salary and there was zero retention.

Schmidt has 4 years left at 5.9 million. If you feel that last year was the beginning of regression, you're loathe to take that sort of number on.

I like Schmidt and if we had cap space and he had wanted to stay, I would have loved to keep him.

In a world where Risto got a 1st plus, I had hope we would get at least a 2nd. But the cap space is useful. Curious to see what RD Benning acquires.

 

[VIPettersson]

Schmidt kept blocking a trade to Winnipeg but now accepts it?

Maybe the final middle finger to Vancouver?

 

[JohnHodgson]

Lol at all the Canuck fans who’ve been insisting Vancouver got an insane deal on him last season because of circumstances and that his value was much much higher.

The return is a little underwhelming, but the real return is cap space.

WPG being able to take on the entire contract with no retention or bodies back is more valuable by itself than a lot of trade offers out there.

 

[Petey O]

he’s also overpaid and was dealt from Vegas for a 3rd

No he's not, lol. I hate this grug narrative when it comes to Schmidt. He was our best d-man last season. He is not overpaid.

 

[Love]

We now should have lots of space to sign Petey/Hughes and 2 RHD in free agency