Quoting: Sidstick87
If we are trading a Top pair Dman like Dumo, I want Batherson, Formention, & a High pick back. But Mathy for White sounds around fair by itself
No offence, but there are much, much better defensemen that Ottawa could get for Batherson + Formenton + a high pick. Just because the pens trade Top-15 picks for above-average players, doesn't mean your above-average players are worth Top-15 picks.
Also, Ottawa is likely going to be running into a massive log jam at LD in the next 2 years... Chabot, Sanderson, Brannstrom, Wolanin, Kleven.
The OP trade value isn't that bad by any means, but White has been playing well for the past couple weeks and looks like a solid 3C/RW. I'm fine with his contract if that's the case. There's gonna be 2-3 years left on it by the time we could even run into cap issues, so don't really care to get rid of it. If he does sh*t the bed for the rest of the year, they can just buy him out at 1/3 of the cost. But I don't see that happening.
I think the pens should ride out the Matheson deal for at least the rest of the year. And losing Dumoulin would hurt them big time in the short term.