Rejoint: avr. 2017
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Strome would definitely be a sell-high candidate for NYR. He had the best year of his career last year numbers-wise, with a sustainable shooting percentage, but his linemates definitely helped out for sure. His on-ice shooting percentage (the shooting percentage for the entire team while he was on ice) was way above average (league average, and his career average). He also played a very sheltered role last year in comparison to his previous years (61% ozone start rate, which probably had something to do with his linemates). Also, over a 1/3 of his points came on the power play (again, most likely linemate driven).
If comparing with others, he'd be an older version of Vincent Trocheck (Trocheck is about 2 years younger, and scores at a much higher rate). Trocheck brought back Erik Haula, Eetu Luostarinen, Chase Priskie and Lucas Wallmark for FLA, which isn't very much (of them, only Haula and Luostarinen spent any significant time in the NHL last year). The trade listed above is similar to the Trocheck trade (maybe swap out the pick for another prospect) but is still very underwhelming. NYR shouldn't expect much return for Strome, especially going into his UFA year. They'd be better off keeping him unless they are way out of the playoff race (and still don't expect much of a return at the TDL).
To further the conversation, DET should in no way be looking at Strome. He's at best a middling 2C, or a good 3C, and is very linemate-dependent. At 29, he's already on the downside of his peak.