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Rejoint: déc. 2016
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Toronto wins this trade.
Here is my breakdown:
- Hedman won the Norris last year, Rielly is a great defenseman, but Hedman is in that upper-echelon of defensemen with Karlsson and Doughty
- Vasilevskiy > Andersen.
- The Tampa forwards of Stamkos, Kucherov, and Point produced at a higher rate last year than Toronto's trio (1.05 overall points per game vs 0.96).
Conclusion:
Even if you decide the Toronto forwards are better, the difference between Hedman/Rielly and Vasilsevskiy/Andersen is much larger than any arguable gap between the forwards
One last thing, Matthews is not necessarily the best player in the trade, Kucherov was a first team all-star last year and both Stamkos and Tavares have been elite for the better part of a decade. Not going to argue any one player over the others, the point I'm trying to make is that you can't say any over of those four is truly better than any of the others.