Rejoint: juin 2015
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McNeill is projected to be a bottom six player. But we don't even know if he is going to be an NHL-level player at all. Do the Ducks really want him so bad they are willing to basically give one of their biggest competitors $4m of extra cap room, and reduce their own cap by the same amount? Personally, I doubt it. I don't think they are out to help the Hawks. And I don't think McNeill is a sweetener significant enough.
It is possible to make the package sweet enough. But that might drain the Hawks prospect pool too much. 5 stars for the actual roster, if indeed such a deal can be worked out without gutting the Hawks. I think it's just easier to move some of the other pieces, namely Shaw, Versteeg, Kruger...