i actually don't mind that ARI trade, would prefer leaving hall-krech-pasta and then playing zacha or crouse with bergy and marchy.

crouse gives us that toughness we want out of freddy and foligno but with more skill and Hayton gives us a brighter future at C

i think hayton could do well on a third line more defensive role with crouse and coyle, his draft day comparisons were that of bergy and given krech and bergy retire after this season he would then be given minutes with 2 of pasta/hall/lysell/marchy allowing him to refine his offensive game more.

the 1st hurts to give up but that is the price you pay when acquiring a potential 60 point 2way center

i think you could get a better return for smith especially if we hold out to the TD, history shows player of his caliber can return atleast a 2nd. Once mid-season hits and teams start to get hurt LTIR starts to become more active and though fans say now they wouldn't pay a 2nd for smith come TD when they have some guys who will be hurt for a bit smith will become a valuable asset

As usual.. Stars don’t have cap space for Smith

Value on the Canucks trade is fine but they have no use for any more wingers