Rejoint: sept. 2020
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Don't get me wrong Mantha has lost value from when the caps traded for him but I think that you should look at what the caps gave up to get him in the first place as a starting point -- I think they would ask for something similar given that 1) they are planning to contend this year, 2) they have no cap crunch to speak of, and 3) they would have extra leverage against the Habs trying to get a french-canadian player.
That gets you to something like FLA 1st (WSH 1st) + Dvorak (Vrana) + Armia/Evans (Panik) + COL 2nd (WSH 2nd). You can take out the Armia/Evans + 2nd if you want as well since neither team is really worried about the cap that much. I definitely understand the habs not wanting to give this up for Mantha especially given they should be completely rebuilding, but you've got to give to get.