Yall gotta Chill
Rejoint: janv. 2021
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I don't hate the MTL trade, but I'd do Barron instead of Kovacevic.
It would seem to be more on par for a one to one trade. Barron is a bit less than half in NHL games, and has half his points total. They both are in development phases and their potential is good but Barron is 2 yrs younger and Defensemen tend to take an extra year or two to fully mature in terms of play. Both late 1st round picks and both RFAs.
Kovacevic is more advanced in his role inside a team, he goes well in MTL on the second or third pairing, so if he goes for Veleno I think Detroit would need to add a 3rd round pick. I don't hate Veleno, but two full years and he barely cracked 28 pts last year and is consistently in the minuses and at 24yr old is still having lots of issues in his play.
I don't hate the trade, just more bias in terms of who should be dealt to Detroit for him.