ottawa going all in just to possibly make the playoffs is a great idea

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With thoes trades, they can't sing any good player this summer and they suck next year.

is the Winnipeg trade serious?

Jackets easily decline

Ottawa has one of the most potent offense this year. They lack Goaltending and Defenseman. These trade make them a sure thing to make the playoffs. Who Knows what happens then.

A pick between 10 and 15 + a 2nd for salary retention + our top prosepct (not on the team yet) what more would you want for a UFA bound goalie?

I think the trade straight up is fair but I understand Columbus needs aditional incentive. Would a 2nd instead of a 4th do it?

No. We need defensive defensemen and have a metric f***ton of offensive blueliners already. Brannstrom's just noise here. So the whole basis of your proposal just doesn't work for us.

Fair enough, but consider the following:

1. You talk about a metric ****ton... but have you looked at brannstrom actual defensive metrics? He actually has good data backing up his defensive play, albeit in low usage. I take him over Jake Bean or Boqvist any day.

2. I understand Peeke brings much needed defensive stability. And seeing him leave would leave a gaping hole.. so can i interest you in Zaitsev and an additional 2nd for the troubles?

Lol. That Winnipeg trade. A first and a pile of nothing for a retained, elite goalie.

I find it hard to believe that a small-market team like Winnipeg is going to retain 50% on Hellebuyck, especially inasmuch as he's owed $7.5 million in his last season. And that's without even considering the fact that Winnipeg is actually IN a playoff spot right now, not merely pretending to one, so why they would give up their elite goalie with another year of contention ahead of them otherwise is a mystery to me.

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Peeke is highly overrated by Jackets fans, he's more Gudbranson-lite than a true shutdown D-man like a Muzzin or Carlo type. For D-men playing 400+ minutes, he's basically tied for last on CBJ for on-ice xG for % (38.7%, Gavrikov has 38.4%), and is 181st in the league (OUT OF 198!!!) in the same metric according to Moneypuck. (Boqvist is 14th in the league by the way, up there with McAvoy and Heiskanen. Brannstrom is at 53.2%). Peeke is extremely similar to Gudbranson, except he can shoot a little better, blocks more shots, and takes fewer penalties. But the same criticisms we always have for Gudbranson (too slow, not physical enough, can't get out of his own end) apply to Peeke as well, but we overlook them because, why? He's not overpaid and still relatively young?

He sits back, gets out-worked and out-maneuvered for pucks, then gets trapped in the D-zone and can't get out. That forces him to block a ton of shots and eat a lot of minutes. Eventually teams work the puck around him to get high-danger shots. That's not a defensive D-man, good defensive D-men actually take the puck away (Peeke has 12 on the year, Gudbranson has 9, Gavrikov 19, Brannstrom has 20...Carlo has 21).

Jake Bean hasn't played enough this year to be a good comparison, but I'm certainly not taking Brannstrom over Boqvist. However, you take Brannstrom (who actually fills a positional need on LD) over Peeke every day of the week and twice on Sunday. Boqvist is finally playing up to potential, and Gudbranson's contract is immoveable, so Peeke is probably the actual odd-man out in Columbus.

Set up your pairs next year to be Z-Jiricek, Brannstrom-Boqvist, Bean-Blankenburg/Gudbranson. Focus on takeaways and moving the puck instead of the outdated human-pylon people-moving style that we're so obsessed by for some reason and clearly doesn't work.

TL;DR: Columbus gets the better, younger, more-roster-fitting player in this deal, and get paid a 4th to do so. As a Columbus fan, I take this every time.

I'm with you on this. Add in Peeke's tendency toward taking stupid penalties... I'm not sure I will miss him.