Playoffs

This is a really really rough trade, and I just think it might come from either not knowing who White and/or Tierney are, or maybe not realizing who Matheson is. I see there are 7 players on the taxi squad and the limit is 6, so I'm just not sure if there's an unfamiliarity aspect here.

There have been a lot of White for Pettersson trades around here. It doesn't make a lot of sense for Ottawa and really only had legs because Ottawa fans were unfairly unhappy with White because every fanbase needs a whipping boy and they had chosen him after his struggles last year. But this one is completely different because instead you're using Matheson, who's got one of the worst deals in the league, and two replacement level players, and trying to get back Ottawa's best center right now in White and a solid bottom 6 option in Tierney? With only two 2nds going back? Not likely. The Matheson deal in itself would carry a significant sweetener just to take, let alone getting back two valuable assets in return. Ottawa would say no here and it's not even close.

Mike Matheson is a huge cap dump. This isn't close to good for Ottawa.

white for MP is an OTT fan phantasy that is never going to happen.
That White contract is every bit as bad as the Matheson contract. Matter of fact, I'd say it's worse so far given the 3 games Matheson has had as a penguin.
So lets just step back into reality here on this trade.
And reality is those two are basically a swap of what are considered bad contracts. Which is really a true understanding of "who White is."
Which leads us to the question of is Tierney worth 2 2nd round picks. And the answer to that is no, he's not.

Ottawa doesn’t want Matheson or Pettersson. They are fine with the White contract, and the offers here were only because of how bad Reilly, Coburn, and Josh Brown were. That’s past now with Zub and Brannstrom or Wolanin playing. There’s also no need to trade Tierney right now either.

Ottawa wasn’t expected to win, they just didn’t want to lose so bad. Now the games are closer, and as far as I know, only Reilly, Coburn, or Josh Brown are likely to be traded, maybe Stepan.

that really isn't the point. It's more the value of the trade. aka the massive over valuation of white.