Tough call. Holloway for Merkulov, Foegele and a 1st for Frederic is fair value but it seems like this is a trade that puts the Bruins at the disadvantage of having to resign both guys this offseason which eats into their big pool of cap without really improving the team. But maybe.

Pass

You’d been better off going for Jake.

2nd/Broberg for Jake maybe. We can talk retention also

Why doesn't anyone know on this site that when it's a players final year of his contract and he's already played half the season with his previous team, retention is already in play, and yes I didn't put it in for Foegs but I'll admit that was my mistake and can easily be fixed, player was already paid half his salary for that year and will not be paid a full final year of his contract, lol

Frederic in not an upgrade on Foegele, and Merkulov isn't an upgrade on Holloway. What is the 1st for?

Two roster players for one. That makes your bottom-6 much weaker. Dumb move from Edmonton's perspective.

No i meant retention on Jake, not interested at all in your proposal.

Frederic is better than Foeggle and has term.

I just thought that we need more grit in the middle six and a scoring winger for drai or mcd so I thought that Fredrick and Merk would fix that, the first can become a second if it makes it more fair

Frederic and Foegele are nearly identical in terms of production and p/gp for their career (Foegele has 0.027 more ppg which translates to 2 points a season). Only Foegele hasn't gotten better over the last 4 years and Frederic has. 1st is for potential. Would love to check back in 5 years and see how they both progress.

That's an interesting take. Here are their 5v5 P/60 for the past 3 years:

Frederic
21-22: 1.66
22-23: 1.97 (+0.31)
23-24: 2.46 (+0.49)

Foegele
21-22: 1.38
22-23: 2.09 (+0.71)
23-24: 2.35 (+0.26)

So between this year and last Foegele has increased his point production by +0.97 P/60, or 70%. Frederic has increased his point production by +0.80 P/60, or 48%.

Past 2 years combined:
Foegele: 2.21 P/60 (78.57 IPP)
Frederic: 2.20 P/60 (69.32 IPP)

So I stand by my original statement: Frederic is not an upgrade on Foegele.