Modifié 9 janv. 2022 à 12 h 46
Quoting: BeterChiarelli
Turris going back to Ottawa is the least significant part of that deal and it's to free up the equivalent of something in the ballpark of $245k in deadline cap for Edmonton. It's a necessity.
How do you impose that to a billionaire though? The Turris bridge to the Sens organization has been burned years ago. Don't think Melnyk is the "forgiving" type
Quoting: sensonfire
Ottawa says "Thank you, Come again".
Here's why:
1. The 1st round pick is currently a lottery pick, per tankathon.
2. The 1st round pick has no lottery protection whatsoever.
3. The Oilers are on a 5 game losing streak.
I'd need to have a really strong feeling that Edmonton would miss the playoffs or be an early exit. That's IF I know that I won't be able to extend Brown. My priority would 100% be to extend him 5 years. I want to compete and realize that I need quality veterans to support my (very) young core. Something I sometimes doubt Dorion even realize as the quality of the veterans he brought in general has been putrid
Quoting: BeterChiarelli
Brown's a middle six forward playing top six on a basement team. He's not worth as much as you're making him out to be. His career high in points is in the low 40's. It's a fair-valued trade.
Connor Brown is much more than this though. He's a matchup/PK forward. He produces very well at EV while being matched up against the best and being deployed as a pure defensive forward.
http://www.nhl.com/stats/skaters?reportType=season&seasonFrom=20192020&seasonTo=20212022&gameType=2&position=F&filter=gamesPlayed,gte,1&sort=evPoints&page=1&pageSize=50
Only 74 forwards have more EV points since 2019-20. That is pretty valuable, especially when the guy is a PK expert, was 2nd in takeaways last season (after the Master Mark Stone of course) and even had Selke votes.
He absolutely has Coleman's value, as he produces a little more and has 1 additional year at 3.6