Quoting: sensonfire
What would you rather have ?
Personally I would have rather had the 1st + Ceci or RyJo but I wouldn’t have retained unless I got a 2nd/3rd or B Prospect/Reclamation Project like Holloway or Broberg included
At least we’d have a needed replacement player to remain competitive that we could potentially use and/or increase their value and flip with retention at next years deadline for another asset
That said, Grushnikov is rated a lot higher than I expected and most guys on here look at points as the be all and end all as to whether a player is any good, which is complete nonsense
The knock so far on Brzustewicz is whether he has a 2-way game and whether he will become a Tyson Barrie, John Klingberg, Adam Boqvist or Tony DeAngelo = All Offence and Lacking Defence Style Player, so to secure a Left Shot Tanev to shelter him Defensively makes sense too
Doesn’t help us any time soon and as they say, it’ll take years to determine I f this was a good trade for the Flames. Could you imagine if Tanev signs with the Flames again this Summer in Free Agency though!?