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Honestly not the worst return for Pasta but I think the Bruins counter by asking for a 2023 1st instead of the 2024 2nd, and Holloway instead of Bourgault. Boston would probably retain half in that scenario as well.

Its pretty bad.

Not really imo. It's essentially two 1sts (Bourgault was a good pick, he's quite valuable), a 2nd (which could easily turn into a 1st with Pasta playing alongside Mcdavid/Draisaitl), a 5th, a defensive prospect that could be a bottom pair NHLer, and a cap dump winger who could feasibly rebound into a 3rd liner on a new team. It's not an Earth-shattering return but it's not bad either.

See the kind of things you’re talking about here. Late firsts. Guys that could turn into bottom pair players. That doesn’t move the needle. Quantity over quality.

That's fair, so I presume you'd like something more along the lines of the Eichel return? (Top 6 forward, potential top 6 forward prospect, mid 1st rounder, 2nd rounder).