Z-man to Dallas

[kreidertime]

Petan sucks until he proves something. If the Jets want Hayes it's a number 1 and Roslovic or they can go fuck themselves. Flames I want a 1, Bennett and Dube.

 

[panzerporter]

Yes you're right Prod, Grabner had 25 goals, not 30 when they traded him. Still makes my point seeing Zucc had 11 goals when they traded him, goal scorers bring more back, Mats is a great setup guy. Even the postseason invisible man Rick Nash had ridiculous trade value to Boston.

 

[kreidertime]

That's because last year teams overpaid for rentals. In fact, GM's have been overpaying for non impact players for years. I believe Hayes is a RFA so his value should be substantially higher.

 

[AJakks]

Agree GMs have been overpaying for rentals but Hayes is actually a UFA at seasons end, not RFA.

 

[RangersFan]

The return for Zucc was in the same ball park as the return for Grabner (with more upside if either condition is met). Now you may say Zucc is much better than Grabner, so I have an issue with that. But the way Grab played while he was here I think makes it reasonable they were in the same range return wise, and it is also a different year.

With that said, if someone was to say I wanted a guaranteed late 1st, I get it. I would just counter by saying late 1st or mid 2nd I don't see a mega difference.

Let's see what we get for Hayes, I want a 1st for him no doubt.

 

[theProdigy223]

Yes you're right Prod, Grabner had 25 goals, not 30 when they traded him. Still makes my point seeing Zucc had 11 goals when they traded him, goal scorers bring more back, Mats is a great setup guy. Even the postseason invisible man Rick Nash had ridiculous trade value to Boston.

It's all good. Like I admitted up front I'm probably letting my personal feelings about Zucc affect how I see this trade. I still think the return is underwhelming given what we've seen lately (including Brian Boyle for a 2nd a few weeks ago) but if this was the best offer that was out there, what can ya do? He had to be traded.

Hopefully Gorton hits it out of the park with the Hayes deal, and hopefully he puts something else together as well other than McQuaid (Namenstnikov or maybe a Buchnevich).

 

[kreidertime]

Wow, that's weird. Said RFA now says UFA for Hayes. LOL