This is a big win for us:
1). No points for career Canuck killer Jake Guentzel.
2). Didn't give up another hat-trick to Malkin
3). We are one step closer to Bedard!
This has the potential to be the new "Burrows, do we really need him?" Though OP is a lot more thoughtful and gives much more effort with his analysis.
There’s a difference. Those goons Hartley started literally had no skill but just career enforcers. Their intent was to jump and pound our top players.
Maybe something like this:
To Carolina: Miller + 3rd round pick
To Vancouver: Necas + Scott Morrow + conditional 1st round pick
Not the haul we would like, but I think this will get us a younger forward Necas and a RHD in Bear. The conditional 1st round pick is lottery protected (teams won’t move unprotected 1st round picks anymore).
Exactly. I look at a guy like Ross Colton if another team drafted him and he didn’t get the same development he gets in Tampa, he may not become the player he is today.