I hope the Boston deal happens…Tkachuck Marchand and Coyle…I would pretend I have poopy pants so I am scratched…I would not want to play against that.

If did that exact comp...Coyle would be traded

Some of these comparables seem kind of loose, comparing Brady to his brother for example. When Matthew was traded, he signed a longer term deal than Brady currently has as part of it and had already had much better seasons than Brady has ever been close, or can even aspire, to.

Just for ***** and giggles, what would you set the equivalent draft pick value of Coyle at? Appreciate all the research into this, just wondering if Ottawa would want him and what the substitute for Coyle would be, because I'm sure almost every Bs fan would more than happy to pay that price

Had to add that once because it always gets brought up.

Staal was also heading into RFA, but had a 10-year contract ready to go

There will never be a perfect comp

He is meant to be the Brandon Dubinsky portion of the deal....(he stayed in CBJ and even signed $35m extension there).

I think the answer would be more than what OTT wants to pay, less than BOS feel he is worth.

Lmao leafs pass

Perfect I get traded to the Bs and take over Coyles spot…even scarier line now

I’m all for a Marner-Brady swap. Genuinely think it could work out nicely for both sides. And recognize that Leafs probably add given age/contracts.

But this is a big overpay. Marner is worth worlds more than Huby was - at the time Huby was 30, just as soft in the playoffs, and a defensive liability. Mitch is a 27 year old selke finalist. It’s just not apples to apples.

PLUS, Huberdeau didn’t come with an extension in place which, not saying Mitch will for sure, but if he’s only waiving for certain situations you’d have to think he’d want to pre-negotiate a deal as well, only driving the price for him higher. Huby had no trade protection if I remember correctly.

On top of that it’s Brady for 4yrs term vs Matthew for 8.

Mitch + (choose one of 1st, Minten, Liljegren) and it’s a major consideration and much closer to fair game. Maybe even the first is a bit too much given everything i mentioned if you want to use this as the comparable. McCabe’s not being thrown in.

All this contingent on Marner extending of course.

Matthew and Brady comp is hilarious.

Aside from contract differences Brady's best season is 83 points. Matthew had 104 the year he was traded.
Not to mention the 0 playoff games for Brady vs 10 points in 12 games the season Matthew was traded.

If Marner comes with a decent extension (8x$11.5M or less) then I think its 1 for 1.

The only ones I’d consider are Arizona and Columbus and possibly Philly but the Philly one is missing a top piece

Huberdeau 115 pts (+ 11)
Matthew 104 pts

Marner 85 pts (+11)
Brady 74 pts

STL turned out pretty strong too

Do you prefer KJ or Marchenko??

Marchenko is a safer bet for sure. KJ can be a point producer but he’s risky right now . Not looking as great

Would the Canucks be in the mix with:

Hronek
Hoglander
1st?

Idk about that Matthew Tkachuk comparison. It would imply that Brady is about as good as Matthew was which isn't true at all.

If Flyers would do such a trade I think Philly fans would lay siege to the Wells Fargo Center.

First and foremost, this is incredibly impressive, so nicely done! That's a ton of research into these comps.

To comment, first:


to play Devils' advocate here, some of what Huberdeau gives up to Marner is made up by the gap between Weegar and McCabe. He was coming off two incredibly strong seasons where he looked like a top-pairing, shutdown RD. And he's still been excellent in Calgary. McCabe would be older than Weegar was at the time of that trade, and isn't near the talent/producer Weegar is.


Secondly:

There's a lot of pain in the CBj comps here. The J*** C***** trade is arguably the worst in franchise history, and he'd continue to get boo'ed in Columbus if he played until he was 80. That said, Marchenko doesn't quite have Voracek's pedigree, and Tkachuk is better than C*****. I'd consider it, but with the fear of that trade lingering in the background.