Lmao horrible Value for Ottawa

Not even close for Ottawa

Isles tanked Bellows value - he does not have much value in a trade.

Brannstrom = Wahlstrom

Brown = Bellows

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Well came to say something like this.

So nice to see that the job is already done and you can just enjoy the ride, particularly early in the morning

And even Brown for Bellows, don't think i'd do it as Brown has been a much higher profile player in the AHL.

I would be willing to increase the value going back the other way, say by adding a Bolduc.

The notion that the Isles have completely tanked Bellows value though, I think is completely overblown. Has it dropped? Sure, but the team has arguably the second best team the last two years, is a team run by two of the most conservative coach/gm in the league when it comes to rookies, and is a defense above literally everything team.

This was also based on a recent article out of Ottawa that the Sens are looking for a Forward, and would be looking to offer Brannstrom, a player with a negligible number of additional NHL games over Bellows. Also, let’s not kid ourselves, Bellows would be a roster player already on basically half the teams in the league. He has a great shot, but he is figuring for a roster spot on a very deep roster, and with a coach/GM that have extremely short leashes for Rookies. Put him on an offense focused roster, and the points will come.

Now you are just massively overvaluing a player that the Senators themselves appear to be already willing to move on from. Wahlstrom was the equivalent of a 22 goal scorer this year, playing on average 12 minutes a night. I wouldn’t be surprised if he hits 30 goals this year with a full season and significant power play time.

Looking for a forward, and Bellows being a forward, are two very different things. Brannstrom might get traded for Strome or Monahan, or maybe end up in a package for Eichel. Whomever Brannstrom is traded for, Bellows isn’t on that list.