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Kovalchuk the Great
Rejoint: juill. 2019
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Well Islanders have Boychuk on a contract that we're not losing. Pulock is better than Mayfield and Dobson as well as Wilde is coming up, so the islanders have a surplus of RHD. As I see more trouble in trading away any of the other 4, I think Mayfield may be a good trading chip. I don't see an issue in picking up Reeves as his contract expires next season and NYI is having no cap trouble this season. This is one of the benefits for VGK for this trade as well. Also, since Clutterbuck is injured for I don't know how long, Reeves is a gritty player that can fill that void.
I have no problem trading for Gusev though. He had better point production than Dadonov before he came to the NHL (playing on the same line). And this year he got 13 points more than any other player in the KHL. Sure the rink is a different size and there's a slightly different play style in the NHL, but I would rather compare him to Panarin or Dadonov than Kovar.
Side note: I think also Shipachyov would have been good in the NHL had he gotten a chance, but VGK messed up big time there as I understood the situation.