As they should, and those are 2 awful trades for the pens

Your biggest nightmare should be drafting in the top 10 pushing the Karlsson 1st you gave up to 25 a far deeper and more talented draft!
Lol

I can't see the Wings wanting a mid-six Rust through 36 years old when they already have money and term committed to Copp and Compher. Taking on cap while retaining on Fabbri for a year while needing to sign Kane, Seider, Raymond and Rasmussen doesn't make a ton of sense.

Yeah. I honestly don't see why either team does that CHI trade. There is barely enough incentive for CHI to take Rakell's contract, IMO. He is fine now, but he is definitely regressing and that is 5 years. But I'd be willing to bet that PIT is going to "try try one more time!" haha. They really should be rebuilding, but I get why they want to squeeze everything they can out of these remaining Crosby, Malkin, Letang, years.

My biggest nightmare would be Kyle Davidson accepting that proposal.

First off if I was part of Chicago’s management team, Taylor Hall would definitely be brought back to play with Bedard and re-establish his value after a lost season rather then trading him now with 50% retention. If I was to trade him now it would be for an overpay, meaning a 1st round pick.

Secondly, I am on record as saying that Connor Murphy is overvalued by the majority of Hawks fans however, due to the young age and inexperience of the Chicago D core he probably has more value to them then most teams. As a result I wouldn’t be willing to move him for less than a high 2nd round pick.

So when I look at the proposal, the 1st round pick is there but that is it. Murashov seem to be a prospect of some interest but Poulin has entered the suspect category and Puustinen is just a guy… a small guy at that. Chicago has enough of them, neither holds value to the Hawks. Rakell at 30 years old, declining productivity and four more seasons after this one at $5m per is a significant risk that most teams wouldn’t want to touch as you know which is why he is included him in the first place. You would need to add a 1st round pick and prospect just to get rid of him.

Those trades are awful and they should keep trying. That's what you do when you have HOF players. Everyone is so ready to start the rebuild like it's just a simple blueprint that generates a cup contender in 5 years. That's not how it works.

That detroit deal is so bad. Rust is an amazing player