Quoting: NateElder12
you might want to research Nino a bit more if that's what you think man lol.. His numbers are comparable to that of Stone and Hossa. He's one of the few wingers in the league that could challenge for the Selke. That kind of mindset is the same thing that people said about Couturier but I appreciate the suggestion. I mean didn't you post the Flyers trading two prospects and two draft picks for Shaw. Come on dude. He's like 1/8th the palyer of Nino.
For Bjugstad maybe they'd want more but with Barkov, Trocheck, and Borgstrom down the middle and factored in with the fact they operate on an internal budget and not the cap i think you have to consider those. It's the same team that gave away March and Smith for free don't forget haha. I even mentioned maybe they'd want more above. Not sure why you give an instant 1 star lol.
For Bjugstad maybe they'd want more but with Barkov, Trocheck, and Borgstrom down the middle and factored in with the fact they operate on an internal budget and not the cap i think you have to consider those. It's the same team that gave away March and Smith for free don't forget haha. I even mentioned maybe they'd want more above. Not sure why you give an instant 1 star lol.
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The trade I made for Shaw was C level prospects. Not 1st and 2nd round picks. At least say what you would give up for Shaw. Don't just comment without putting yourself out there. haha
Nino appears to be a player that can't score if he dedicates himself to D. At the end of the day, he's a winger and if he's not scoring at a high rate he's not that valuable. As a two way forward you would at least like to see his assist number up but they are considerably low. I mention this especially since you mention Stone and Hossa as comparisons when each of whom put up multiple 20+ goal and 30 to 40 assist seasons along with defensive play. To me, there's no comparison there.
If Florida wants to make a bad deal because of their budget or because of a history of bad moves that's on them. They made a choice to not want to pay Marchessault and they didn't feel Riley Smith was worth the contract they gave him. They end up looking bad on both of these deals now. Bjustad is less risky and isn't really coming off of a season where he would be considered underperforming.
The one star is my opinion of your trades. You traded a significant portion of prospects for Nino and he doesn't make the team substantially better and damages the future salary cap. The Bjustad trade is unrealistic since Florida "should" be asking for much more. No team is giving up an asset for Neuvirth without the Flyers at least retaining salary. Jordan Weal is not worth a 3rd Rd pick especially not from Vegas.