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Duchene traded to Columbus... Dzingel too

Bates said:
Maybe he handles adversity from living in a gossip magazine better. And had the benefit of continuation.
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Yes, or maybe one played well and the other played not so well like the numbers indicate.

Either way, it was not a season to write home about and provided very little of tangible value to a team that was going nowhere and traded what might be an incredibly valuable pick for him.
 
bustaheims said:
I suspect that second 1st round pick is a bit of a pipe dream. If Panarin and Bobrovsky both leave in the summer, staying in Columbus would become awfully unappealing for a guy who has spent his entire career on mediocre to poor teams. You'd also have to think Columbus would want to start a rebuild at that point, and wouldn't be super keen on sacrificing their 1st rounder.
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I'd be surprised if Columbus decided to turn around and rebuild after this. Not saying that's the right call, but they'll still have Jones/Werenski/Dubois to build around, plus a lot of middle-6 forwards signed to long-term deals. They'll take the cap space they gain and take healthy runs at UFAs like Duchene and maybe Howard/Varlamov/Lehner.

If he really wants to win a Cup then Nashville is probably the better choice (although I've somewhat questioned their interest in him with Johansen and Turris there, plus Bonino making decent money at 3C), but Columbus will be able to make him the biggest offer both in terms of AAV and term now so I wouldn't rule it out.
 
On the flip side I do think this underscores the reality that in the new parity heavy league it's going to be a lot less time consuming for a team to "rebuild".  If the Sens trade Stone as well, they'll probably end up with at least 2-3 extra first round picks(or the equivalent) as well as some solid prospects on top of what they have. That, plus cap space that could be used to take on dead space and more assets, will be a lot of currency to get back to respectability.

In a way that remains the real unfortunate aspect of how the Leafs did thing. Because they never really tore down they probably right now have half as many high value prospects as they could.
 
https://twitter.com/FriedgeHNIC/status/1099472285675577345

I believe this is called "going for it". sens get a pretty good return there.
 
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