Quoting: Rurik766
Just so you know that at the $5.5M that Mang is signing in this situation the compensation if it was an offer sheet would only be 1 first and a 3rd. Yet you think the bolded would be fair? For an RFA? Really? Sure Kappy is not worth a 1st, but Kappy plus a 2nd could be. Poulin was a first round pick 3 years ago, so that's essentially 2 firsts already plus Lindberg and another 2nd. So if you think Mang is going to get 2 1sts, a 2nd and a "B+" level goalie prospect, I think you are going to be very dissapointed.
Being a first round pick 3 years ago means nothing when he’s not a very highly touted prospect anymore. And Lindberg is not a B+ level goalie prospect lmao. I would accept Blomqvist being a B+ level goalie prospect, and Clang is worse than him, and Lindberg is worse than both so he ends up around the AHL lifer tier of goalie prospect, which holds next to no value (probably wouldn’t even give a 7th for him tbh, I’d rather draft an 18yo goalie and see what happens). You’re also doing a lot of math to try to turn things into equivalent to a 1st here, and a late 1st at that. If another team came along and offered a pick in the mid-teens, that would literally beat this offer straight up. And Mangiapane won’t be dealt for quantity regardless, so you’re gonna need to part with premier assets (which, again, the Penguins don’t even have lol). And you’re missing the whole point of an offer sheet with that inane comparison. Him potentially signing a deal in the 1st+3rd range doesn’t make that his value, because the Flames would simply match and thank you for doing the negotiating for us. You’d need to offer him a number in the 2 1sts + 2nd + 3rd range to convince the Flames that it might be acceptable to not match (which is approximately what two 1sts + Kapanen + Blomqvist would be worth). And if you’re trading for him straight up, his value is obviously higher because you get to sign him at this lower number.
edit: And I’m not going to be disappointed because he’s not going anywhere regardless lol, and once again, definitely not for peanuts like this offer