Quoting: ScottRoth
How is Andrew Shaw "the perfect devil" haha I think you would need to add for the devils to mortgage their future. Trading two lottery pick centers who are 21 and 20 is tough especially when you are on the upswing.
Shaw has the Tasmanian Devil tattooed on his soul. Zacha might have been a lottery pick, but he has fallen back in the pack based on his performance. In a redraft, he'd be in the mid-teens or low 20s. And if he's marking time on the LW, he's worth trading for a current asset. Pacioretty for Zacha is, as a 1-for-1 is probably not quite enough. McLeod is borderline top-50 recruit, which I don't say as a knock. He's a very solid prospect, but still some ways from making an impact on the NHL. Shaw, at $1.9M, is a very useful warrior on a team that got well and truly beaten by Tampa. McLeod-for-Shaw, as a 1-for-1, would not be enough for the Devils.
So I sort of simply looked at it as 1 (Pacioretty) + 4 (Shaw) = 2 (Zacha) + 3 (McLoed). Is there one more piece to slip in? Perhaps. What would you suggest? One of the young D (Lernout, Brook, Fleury, Walstrom...) or one of the more experienced forwards (JDLR, Hudon, Byron, Deslaurier, McCarron....). Happy to revisit.