Agreed, we needed a top prospect in the organization. Markstrom has the tools, and if he gets close to his potential we will have a goalie for the next 8 years.
On top of that Matthias will be a useful forward for another 6 years probably. If he can develope into a 20 + 20 guy that will be pretty great. Wish we had him in 2012.
This deal has a lot of potential, it equates to two second round picks, and the best part is we already know they are at least serviceable NHLer's.
Most of our second round picks haven't worked out and I'm okay with acquiring these guys vs picks.
Little excited to see them tomorrow.