Quoting: SmugTkachuk
I think Nurse is probably worth a second one for one, I figured adding a third and taking a one year guy that improves the bottom six may be worth it if it gets you a better player to play with McDavid. That may be my bias showing big time because I really don't like Nurse!
I think it takes more for Neal than what it would for Kassian, but definitely a fair point.
Because Hyman is better than Puljujarvi, getting a proven commodity vs a player who hasn't worked there before.
I had Montour in there before, looking at next years UFA class for D a quality defensive D man is going to be tough to come buy at an afforable price.
Biases aside, Nurse is worth a lot more than a second. Look at what happened when Edmonton traded Petry for a 2nd and a 5th. Adding to the point you have Edmonton taking back a $3M replacement-level player, it's a horrible deal through and through. To further add to the point regarding UFA defenders, if the market is so bad, why trade Nurse? The sum of the Beagle and Gustafsson contracts are more than what Nurse makes. Again, there's absolutely logic in trading Nurse as part of a package for a superior defenceman. There's none in trading him for a pure cap dump, picks outside the first round, and signing an inferior replacement.
I like the Neal+Jones+4th proposals I've seen for Seattle to take Neal, and Jones is very clearly an immediate upgrade to Samorukov. Likely a better environment for Broberg to develop in if there are two more stable LHD in front of him (Klefbom and Nurse) as opposed to someone Broberg may already be better than.
Hyman is three and a half times more expensive than Puljujarvi. If the shooting and possession rates are to be believed, Puljujarvi's career might be on the cusp of a jubilant revival. Odds are against him to ever live up to his #4 status, but we need more time to deduce that. He's been really good on the top line so far this season.