Since when did Alex Holtz merit that kind of return?!?

Holtz is realistically worth a mid 1st round pick Tuch is not that good of a prospect and its a very late first in an average draft a probably mid 2nd round a year later I don't see the problem

Lindy played him on 4th line, giving him 11 minutes a night.

2023-24 scoring rates (pts/60, 5v5)

McDavid…………….3.50
MacKinnon…………3.42
Kucherov……………3.07
Matthews…………..2.95
Pastrnak…………….2.89

Panarin………………2.85
Marner……………….2.68
Bratt…………………..2.67
Pettersson……..….2.53
Barkov……………….2.46

Rantanen…………..2.37
Reinhart…………….2.32
M. Tkachuk………..2.26
Stützle……………….2.18
Hintz………………….2.11

Keller…………………1.98
Connor………………1.92
Boeser……………….1.92
Caufield…………….1.90
Tavares……………..1.90

Batherson………….1.89
Zegras……………….1.87
Holtz………………….1.87 <—
Toffoli………………..1.87
Duclair……………….1.85

Gaudreau………….1.84
Stamkos……………1.82
Meier………………..1.82
Thompson…………1.82
Suzuki……………….1.79

Necas………………..1.77
Kreider………………1.74
Rossi………………….1.73
Buchnevich………..1.70
Slafkovsky………….1.68

Nugent-Hopkins..1.66
Terry………………….1.64
Marchand………….1.60
Ovechkin……………1.58
Huberdeau………..1.46

OTT declines

It's a bit more than I'd like to pay for Holtz, but that probably means it's right on the money

This is essentially what we paid for Newhook (Holtz is now the same age as Newhook when the trade happened). Nehwook did have better past production though, so Holtz should be a bit less, maybe changing the 2nd to MIN 3rd

I think Holtz has about the same value as Newhook, so this seems fair. Maybe add a third going to Montreal