2022 Trades

[bustaheims]

Neither his possession stats or his offensive numbers have been particularly good the last couple years. I wouldn't sign him to that deal. His reputation is outpacing his actual performance.

Fair, but his microstats still paint a picture of him being a very effective defender. And it's not as if a large chunk of NHL GMs aren't still paying/valuing players based off their reputation. If it wasn't for the full NTC he would have gotten something decent in return.

$6M+ in cap space is nothing to sneeze at.

[herman]

https://twitter.com/predsnhl/status/1543726888962691073
Translation: 0% state income tax, baby

[CarltonTheBear]

https://twitter.com/DaveyUpper/status/1544098646802812930

I was actually pretty curious about why McDonagh would waive his NTC. Kypreos says that he believes Tampa had an agreement with Columbus that they would claim him off waivers if the Lightning weren't able to trade him.

[herman]

https://twitter.com/markscheig/status/1544370757958074368

[CarltonTheBear]

I'm sure it was more of an understanding.