Exploring Buch as Meier Comp

If someone is trading for Buchnevich and getting him at half retained he should be fetching more than Meier IMO. Meier's a little younger and I think one could argue has a higher ceiling but getting a PPG player that typically has strong defensive metrics for two playoff runs and a full regular season at 2.9million should be coming with a high asset price. I also tend to think San Jose didn't do particularly well in that Meier trade.

I tend to agree, but I also personally like this specific looking return for the outlook of the Blues.

Looking back on it at this point in time it doesn't look like SJ did terribly great. That being said, Meier didn't produce all that great in NJD the first initial season.

I'm not an expert on Vegas, but that being said something like this does fill a lot of holes for the Blues youth. But it also creates a gigantic hole on the front end for the team. Probably a rather irreplaceable one.

This is likely not the package I would go for, but definitely waaay better than the other one.

I disagree on that.

Meier>Buch quite clearly imo.

meier was a rental + 8 years extension
buch is a rental +rental

Meier at 8x8.8 likely has more value around the league than 1 year of Buch at 2.9

Do you mean the one that SJS received for Meier? I went through and it's about as close as I could actually get. The only indifference that could be had is Zetterlund vs. Hague. It's hard to have a real evaluation between the two and I would assume it's fairly even. Zetterlund was actually a pretty good player for New Jersey and has been decent for SJS given the circumstances.