sensonfire
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There are a lot of moving parts to this trade.
After looking at this trade carefully, I think Carolina is better off declining.
1. The addition of Holtby is redundant because the Canes brought in Andersen and Raanta this offseason.
Holtby is also a shell of himself from when he won the Cup with Washington in 2018.
With retention, a generous team might pay a 2nd for Holtby.
Assuming Cotton + Mattheos is worth a 2nd, that means it's Klingberg for everything else.
2. Suzuki and Bokk are both former 1st round picks.
Carolina is also giving up another 1st after spending a 1st and a 3rd to get Kotkaniemi in the first place.
3. In other words, you're asking Carolina to give up at least four 1st round picks in value for Klingberg and to retain 3 million on Kotkaniemi.
Carolina says no.