Rejoint: juill. 2021
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It’s disappointing that the only NHL roster player Vancouver got for Bo Horvat didn’t end up making a lasting contribution. It looked for a while last season like he would, but maybe he’s one of those guys who needs to play in the top 6 to be effective but is only good enough to do that on a bad team. Vancouver isn’t a bad team anymore. Considering that he probably had negative value when they acquired him, they did well to turn him into somebody they could get something back for in a trade while shedding 100% of his cap hit.
From Chicago’s perspective, they really have nothing to lose with this deal. There’s no commitment to Beauvillier beyond this season, he can help them now because they’re down a couple of forwards with Hall and Perry out, the pick has minimal value to them since they have seven picks in the first three rounds, and they still have over $15M of cap space (including Hall’s $6M, which could go on LTIR since he’s out for the season) that they can use if they have a chance to gain from taking on a cap dump or salary retention.
Good trade for both teams unless one of Vancouver’s top 6 forwards suffers a long-term injury, in which case they may wish they still had Beauvillier to fill in, but keeping a $4M player around just for that possibility is a luxury. Better to move him while you can.