I'm ok with this trade, i'm still not ok with the Schneider trade, or the Hodgson trade for that matter. I am super happy that our Luongo finally gets to go home after the crap he went through. I absolutely despise this Gillis team, he's never done one single thing right. It's unreal! This team was set to transition to our young players and not really miss a beat, but now... man, we're going to plummet! I'm not going to do the fire Gillis rage... yet! Now that Luongo is gone, and Schneider is gone, we have no true starter, this is not a good team... and it seriously lacks a winning attitude. So, Gillis needs to keep going. He needs to trade Kesler today, his value will never be higher. If he can deal Edler, do that too... don't retool, rebuild.
I'm more then willing to sit through a few rebuild years and get another exciting team..., especially if it means we can finish last next year and get Connor McDavid, but even if we don't, as long as we are in a full rebuild mode. If we pull a Toronto or a Calgary with the thought process we're almost there every year for the next 4-5 years, i'll be done for 4-5 years.
I am not willing to watch this team completely kill itself by finishing 9th every year. Do it right Gillis, blow it up, rebuild!