Quoting: dannibalcorpse
Fiala deal is just not good. He's going to get more than 6x$6M, first off, so that's off.
The package is also really bad:
-Debrusk isn't a terrible place to start, although I think Minnesota wants a player with a lower cap hit going back if they have to move Fiala.
-Ahcan is a 24 year old, undrafted, 5'9" D. He's not a prospect by any stretch of the imagination. Gotta put someone that's *at least* on the Studnicka/Lohrei level here instead.
-Foligno is basically a cap dump, even if you have Boston retaining that $1.8M. All it really does is ensure dollar-in, dollar-out($6M given to Fialia, $6M in Debrusk/Foligno going out). If Minnesota is moving Fiala, it's because they don't have the cap space to pay him - so having the same amount of cap hit come back in does absolutely nothing for them.
-It's gotta be a 1st, or at least a 2nd. If you want to swap this year's 5th for next year's 4th, that's something you do as a stand-alone deal on draft day. Minnesota gets a real pick here, not a pick swap that moves them up 25ish spots.
Quoting: dannibalcorpse
Fiala deal is just not good. He's going to get more than 6x$6M, first off, so that's off.
The package is also really bad:
-Debrusk isn't a terrible place to start, although I think Minnesota wants a player with a lower cap hit going back if they have to move Fiala.
-Ahcan is a 24 year old, undrafted, 5'9" D. He's not a prospect by any stretch of the imagination. Gotta put someone that's *at least* on the Studnicka/Lohrei level here instead.
-Foligno is basically a cap dump, even if you have Boston retaining that $1.8M. All it really does is ensure dollar-in, dollar-out($6M given to Fialia, $6M in Debrusk/Foligno going out). If Minnesota is moving Fiala, it's because they don't have the cap space to pay him - so having the same amount of cap hit come back in does absolutely nothing for them.
-It's gotta be a 1st, or at least a 2nd. If you want to swap this year's 5th for next year's 4th, that's something you do as a stand-alone deal on draft day. Minnesota gets a real pick here, not a pick swap that moves them up 25ish spots.
Lot of reasons why that trade is rejected by Minny. But Achan is not one of them.
Krug was 5’9 and undrafted. Imagine using that as an excuse years ago. Would have looked pretty silly a few years later.
There are guys taken in the top 10 that bust. There are undrafted guys who become valuable assets.
Achan very much looks the part of an NHL caliber d man. Until he stands next to somebody and the you wonder how a 12 year old got out there.
He is more physical and better defender than Krug was. Not afraid to go into corners or along the boards. He’ll likely never be a 50 point guy like Krug was. But how many are.