Boston/Nashville Trade

[whiteghost]

Boston sends
D Conor Timmins, $0.5m (P-n/a)
D Urho Vaakanainen, $0.5m (P-n/a)
C Trevor Zegras, $0.5m (P-n/a)
LW Victor Olofsson, $m (P-n/a)
RW Connor Brown, $0.9m (2020-2021)
X- 2021 3rd Round Draft Pick, Chicago, $m this year
X- 2020 1st Round Draft Pick, Winnipeg, $m this year
X- 2020 1st Round Draft Pick, Chicago, $m this year

to Nashville for

C Jean-Gabriel Pageau, $4.1m (2021-2022)
RW Oliver Bjorkstrand, $0.5m (P-19/20)
LW Jake DeBrusk, $0.5m (P-19/20)

Also, Nashville is buying out:
D Michael Stone, $1m (2019-2020)
RW Adrian Kempe, $0.5m (P-19/20)

Nashville approves! 

I need to continue to build my prospect pool including my defense.  I am happy to sell high on Pageau and DeBrusk has always underachieved a bit, imo.  Obviously, losing Bjorkstrand hurts, but it is offset by the return. 

Thanks for the deal, Rob! 

[whiteghost]

Also, Nashville is buying out:
D Michael Stone, $1m (2019-2020)
RW Adrian Kempe, $0.5m (P-19/20)

to make the necessary roster space.  All salary penalties applied to this year.

 

[Rob]

Getting a little start on flipping this roster over.  It's early, but, I wanted to consolidate some of my assets going into this offseason.  Pageau is a little old for me, but I love his game this year and I'm interested to see where he ends up as a UFA. I may end up flipping him... But, if not, he should still be a nice productive piece in 2-3 seasons, when I want to start competing again. 

Feeling weird about this one as it's the first in the other direction, and maybe too early.  But I was never planning on a long drawn out rebuild. 

 

[dedreger]

 

[WestCoastExpress]

 

Didn't see Boston letting go of Zegras. Kid looks to be a stud in the making... And of course Mr. Goalofsson too if he comes back stronger in his 2nd/3rd and beyond NHL years.

Bjorky is a star in the making himself though and already showing it so he's accelerating that rebuild as Rob said himself. I just chalk up DeBrusk to being a homer for Rob. Watch though, just because it's Rob, Jake will get traded in the summer, just like Donato after going #1 in our draft haha.

[norrya66]

 

[Rob]

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[GypsieDeathBringer]

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