Modifié 21 juin 2023 à 15 h 33
Quoting: sens65
He got 37 points this year, that's worth like $3.5 million.
For one, a $4.5 million player playing like a $3.5 million player =/= cap dump. He might be a cap *casualty* of a larger deal, but a cap dump is like...Nikita Zaitsev. Someone you have to pay to get rid of.
For two, the Athletic had his value at $4.4million last year anyway. A down year by counting stats, but still contributing more or less exactly what his AAV is.
For third, you know who else had a down year by his standards? Uhh...Alex Debrincat! What's a 50-70 point winger worth these days? A 3rd and a 2nd for Bjorkstrand? A 2nd and a 4th liner for Buchnevich? Don't suppose you'd be taking any of that for Debrincat though and rightfully so because you would be expecting your buyers to be reasonable and look beyond a down season when he was on a bad team, and take into account other recent years of higher performance and paying accordingly.
The Blues would be expecting the same if they were entertaining a Saad trade (though obviously, of course, not expecting the same caliber of return).