Quoting: glarson17
Not expected, a reporter wrote a column guessing at his worth.
Quoting: glarson17
Not expected, a reporter wrote a column guessing at his worth.
Yea, a reputable reporter, with a good track record, and enough supporting it to justify the lower value. This isn’t Tony Marinara with the Habs. Frank doesn’t typically put high profile rumors out there for clicks, even though it may seem like it at first. NJ fans saw that first hand woth Jesper Bratt this summer when he had him on the trade list, even though we had heard of a long term contract being almost signed.
“What can they get in return? I think they have to take a notch below the Alex DeBrincat deal that the Chicago Blackhawks took this summer. Not only was DeBrincat’s qualifying offer less, but you had one more season of DeBrincat on a somewhat reasonable deal, whereas already from the jump, you’re getting Meier as a rental.
The Blackhawks were able to get a first-, second-, and third-round pick, but you see No. 7 overall from Ottawa as pretty high up in the draft. you’re probably dealing with teams that are way later in the first round, probably closer to the second-round pick they got from the Sens at No. 39 overall. Then you factor in what happens next, which is that maybe somebody treats him as a pure rental, but then the prices are probably even lower than that.”