Quoting: csick
Hes under contract with term
Hes 24
Hes a captain
Very physical
Cannot be moved from the front of the net
Almost impossible to win a 50/50 battle with him anywhere
Can take faceoffs
Willing to fight and stick for his teammates
Great playmaker
Scores clutch goals
Gets a lot of second and third chance goals
35-40 goal scorer guaranteed every year and could get even better
-meier had team control leading to term (38.2 mill for the 5 years of Meier after trade vs 41 mill for the 5 years of Tkachuk)
-fair but the development curve plateaus around 24 so he’s likely at/around his peak level
-not particularly meaningful
-Meier is also very physical
-anecdotal
-anecdotal
-not particularly meaningful
-again not an actual hockey skill and most of his fights are **** stirring not sticking up for anyone
-Meier had virtually identical assist production before the trade
-anecdotal
-so does Meier
-Meier had better goal production numbers
Again, the only thing is age and fights.
Meier had identical if not better production, better defensive metrics, physicality, and a similar contractual cost.