Quoting: YoucancallmeHockeyman
Bruh, alongside the fact that your reasoning is pourous, as a team that is full of passers, adding one more sounds like the exact thing they need..right?
Please, do not sell me on the notion that this is a good idea. His .54 even strength points/60 can be an asset; but, his points are a result of 76% primary assists. So, on a team where Panarin, Buchnevich, Strome, Fast, Howden and all but one of the defensemen (Staal) generate their points on primary assists, you want to add one more passer, and utilize a great asset in Georgiev on such a little deal?
Yeah..no.
I'm sorry I don't understand your reasoning one bit. It's insatiably nitpicky. What do you want for Georgiev? An established 30-goal scorer? This is his value, like it or not. Young roster player and decent pick.
Also, using primary assists as a negative is insane reasoning. I don't see how Howden is related, he has one 5v5 primary assist this year. Fast isn't in the top 5 amongst forwards in 5v5 primary assists. Your reasoning is flawed by a country mile. Let's not forget that Fast could be gone in the offseason/trade deadline, and Kreider (who's fourth in 5v5 primary assists) could be gone too. That's a lot of offense on the wing that needs to be filled. I don't see why Hirose can't be that guy.
He's got decent possession stats and his isolated offensive impact is strong for a guy with that experience. I think you're wildly overlooking his value for a rebuild and overvaluing Georgiev as a trade piece. Recent trades for goalies of his age/stats show that this is what the return should look like.