Quoting: Toddyd77
Well aware it is rare but he is an RFA and I wanted to ballpark the kinda contract he'd be asking for reinforcing that he probably would have to moved as the Pens aren't really built to dedicate a lot of money to the goalie position. Especially paying both Murray and Jarry raises.
Understandable.
Now to the trade. I don't like it
HA!
$5.5M RFA compensation would be a 1st and a 3rd.
Fleury is Riikola/Ruhwedel level, blah.
Reimer is near cap dump level. I get the vet backup aspect, but at $3.4M it's a bad get for a team flirting with the cap ceiling. That cap hit puts him in negative value to the Pens for me.
Geekie is very interesting, but barely even top 5 forward prospects for Carolina, maybe 4th-6th forward wise. Good but not great.
3rd matches the 3rd
So, vs offer-sheet compensation, you are passing on Carolina's 1st (#20ish) for an okay prospect, a #7D and a cap dump goalie. With Rutherford's poor recent trading this wouldn't necessarily surprise me, but I would hope for more. A better prospect plus certainly retention on Reimer.