Guentzel

Ooof. These are bad trades all around for the canes

Pitt accepts

Pittsburgh might be alright with a prospect downgrade, and addition of later round conditional pick (5-7) a la Lindholm Trade. The Zegras trade is a shot at another offensively gifted player with term adding Henrique as well for this playoff run.

We keep our best prospects in Nadeau and Nikishin, and open the option to sign Guentzel. Zegras comes on with a more reasonable bridge than Necas will likely get, and we still have 30M to sign Jarvis, Guentzel, Skjei, and maybe Teuvo, while looking for a center in the offseason and depth on defense and upfront.

Not terrible, IMO.

Those 1st 2 trades are especially terrible for the Canes, and the last one just makes no sense.

We wouldn't trade Zegras for less than Necas and a 2024 first, or Necas and a 2025 first and another asset, and that's without including Henrique in the deal. The later picks are just window dressing.