Modifié 14 sept. 2018 à 15 h 55
The trades don't look too unbalanced really. I think the mistake in the Karlsson deal is that OTT accepted quantity instead of quality. But Karlsson was very clear he will be going to free agency for maximum $$$ and flexibility in long-term location next summer, so that would have really hurt his value.
Don't think Duchene or Stone have made such statements which would also make them pure rentals for 1 season only. The values you have in your trades are not far off what Pacioretty brought back, and his deal depended on an extension agreement being reached. Hopefully for Ottawa's sake Duchene and Stone will think similarly and be willing to agree to extensions quickly after trades are made, rather than going to UFA.
Despite comments above, also think Anderson still has value to contending teams looking forward to the playoffs - he has shown he can get it done in recent playoffs (save% of 0.970 in 4 games in 2015, and 0.922 in 19 games during the long 2017 playoff run). His stats for that 2017 playoff run are essentially identical to Connor Hellebuck in Winnipeg last year. I can think of lots of teams (Phila, St. Louis, etc, etc.) that would love to have that kind of experienced guy as insurance late in the year. They just should not try to play a 37-year old 50-60 games a year as OTT has done last few years.
Good luck on the season, I'm very much looking forward to the Avalanche picking 4th overall in the draft next year. Sweet justice...in a backward way