Nick Robertson traded to Pittsburgh
- Thread starter CarltonTheBear
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A la Rob Brown with Lemieux.
I'm sure Leafs GMs sent out an email more than once to the other GMs
"Nick Robertson available. Anyone interested?"
And the return emails (from those who responded) was probably a 5th to 7th round pick - not very much or he would have been gone. So, the Leafs GMs felt they'd hang on to him. If they got an offer for a 2nd round pick, what GM wouldn't have taken that?
He had some significant injury history during the start of his career
Leafs coaches gave him TOI/game between 13th and 16th among forwards when he played
So the Leafs own coaches were not evaluating him that highly.
How do you persuade another GM to evaluate him highly with a high draft pick when his own coaches were not?
Trading him to the GM who drafted him is probably as good as it was going to get.
A change of scenery. More ice time and PP time playing on a scoring line with offensively skilled players. I think he can produce more offensively if he gets that chance. We'll see how it goes in Pittsburgh and whether that coach tries him in that role.
But for this particular transaction at this moment in time, they probably got all they were going to get with that 4th round pick.
"Nick Robertson available. Anyone interested?"
And the return emails (from those who responded) was probably a 5th to 7th round pick - not very much or he would have been gone. So, the Leafs GMs felt they'd hang on to him. If they got an offer for a 2nd round pick, what GM wouldn't have taken that?
He had some significant injury history during the start of his career
Leafs coaches gave him TOI/game between 13th and 16th among forwards when he played
So the Leafs own coaches were not evaluating him that highly.
How do you persuade another GM to evaluate him highly with a high draft pick when his own coaches were not?
Trading him to the GM who drafted him is probably as good as it was going to get.
A change of scenery. More ice time and PP time playing on a scoring line with offensively skilled players. I think he can produce more offensively if he gets that chance. We'll see how it goes in Pittsburgh and whether that coach tries him in that role.
But for this particular transaction at this moment in time, they probably got all they were going to get with that 4th round pick.