Quoting: The_Architect
I stand corrected. Stop wasting everyone's time and go research the prospects in the deal.
You know I’m a Sens fan right? Prospects have kinda been my life for the last couple years. This is a collection of mid-round picks who have not shown enough promise to say they should have been taken significantly earlier, and none of them are among Montreal’s top 3 prospects (top 4 if you consider Caufield a prospect still, the top 3 being Guhle, Primeau, and Norlinder otherwise. Could argue Poehling edges Norlinder but I think Norlinder’s upside is higher whereas Poehling’s certainty to at least make the NHL is higher). Brook and Ylonen had decent AHL years at 21/22 years old, but neither looks poised to make the NHL for another year or two if they continue to develop properly, and neither has extremely high upside. Poehling is probably the best piece in the deal, and he tops out as a 3rd liner. Mysak was a 2nd rounder last year and that’s about where he shoulda gone, but he then followed it up with a mediocre season. Long way to go for him. Farrell had a great year in the USHL, but that should be expected as a 19yo, especially on a dominant team, and he’s still got size issues and a long development path at best, there’s a lot more cases where guys like him turn out like Bracco than turn out like Gaudreau. Drouin took the year off and isn’t appealing regardless, at best he’s a 50 point guy making too much money, at worst he’s a lazy skill guy who has negative value when he’s not producing, and in both situations there’s no clarity on his situation, as far as I’m aware anyway. No chance he succeeds under Sutter, and no chance he’s considered as the main name coming back for Tkachuk, it’s honestly doubtful that anyone sees him as even having positive value at this point. So we have a collection of B and C prospects who aren’t close to the NHL, plus a bum making too much money, for an elite winger retained. It’s not even close. At least start with one of your top 6 right shot wingers and one of Suzuki/Kotkaniemi/Caufield if you don’t want to get laughed out of the room.