Quoting: Copenhagen
21 Year olds are not busts. I dont think KOTKANIEMI who is almost 20 is a bust either. Not sure why the Oilers would trade for Kovey and than flip him.
He's playing the Finn league . Openly said he's not playing in EDM no more . I mean i don't wanna ruin his value but it's fair to say that he's value have drop and will probably continue to do so .
Hell even Kk value have drop down ! (even tho not that much)
What's your value on him ? What do you realisticly think a team would pay for him ? What would be the urgence and where do you fit Puuljujarvi in the line-up and how can you guarantee him good ice time without hurting the lockerroom chemistry ?
I personnally think Edm need to trade him for some sort of an asset . By cap friendly you have 1.2M under cap ( i understand this is not exact amounts but still) . Fit a veteran like him would cost 1 paycheck ( something in the around of 50k ) for a player of Kovy magnitude that an interesting investment for the remaning of the season . I would argue that pts vs $ ( how much money is needed per pts he would be number one in Nhl easy !)
I think everyone is willing to give a 3rd for Kovy , some might give a 2nd ( maybe) idk . But will see , he's on the block .