Trade: TOR/DAL (goodbye mcdonagh)

[Peter]

To Toronto:
Ryan McDonagh
2013 2nd Rounder (SJS)

To Dallas:
Nikita Nikitin
2013 1st Rounder (CAR)

[Mike]

To Toronto:
Ryan Mcdonagh
2013 2nd Rounder (SJS)

To Dallas:
Nikita Nikitin
2013 1st Rounder (CAR)

Confirmed

[Peter]

edited title

[bills09]

Super Solid Trade!

[Peter]

Super Solid Trade!

Super solid comment from a super solid guy

[Lee]

Solid sack of shit.

[Lee]

^ Not related to the trade.

[bills09]

Solid sack of shit.

ouch

[MSP4LYFE]

The 2013 pick needs to be top 5 for this trade to make sense.

[kimmer]

lmfao DAL lost!!

[The BBKL Insider]

not sure i agree with billy, i think this is pure rape....and like kareem said, it has to be top 5, maybe even top 3...

[bills09]

Nikitin is no slouch and Carolinas pick will be top 10 in a draft with some high end talent.

[Sensfanjosh]

Nikitin is good but McD is a beast, and a prospect who is 2 or 3 years away after the draft isn't enough imo either.

[The BBKL Insider]

what josh said, even tho he's a sens fan he's not totally lost!

[Peter]

Is it not consensus that Carolina's pick is a lottery pick? Between my Carolina and Dallas picks I have two top 5 picks at least in a very top heavy draft coming up. Not trying to bash paul's team or anything, but I just don't see that pick being any lower than 5, where I see 6 apparent studs in this draft. And Nikitin is in a very good situation and his numbers last year were nonetheless impressive, I could see McDonagh declining in peripherals slightly, Nikitin continuing to improve, and grabbing what I consider an easy lottery pick. Very happen with this deal from my pov, love the upcoming draft. From a flip perspective I traded Rielly and a first for a pick I prefer to Rielly (with all the Cs in the upcoming draft) and Nikitin who is much more valuable then the first, second, and whatever other little piece I gave up in the process. Come on Brad Richards went for a lottery pick.

[Peter]

Nikitin is good but McD is a beast, and a prospect who is 2 or 3 years away after the draft isn't enough imo either.

I don't feel like any of Mackinnon, Jones, Monahan, or Lazar will take any longer than a year to make the nhl, if I were to get any of those players with that pick.

[Phion Keneuf]

i like it for Peter, dont know why, but i just do lol

[bills09]

I also expect a slight decline in McDonaghs shtoi (Marc Staal healthy) but not much still should be around 200

[Peter]

I also expect a slight decline in McDonaghs shtoi (Marc Staal healthy) but not much still should be around 200

Yeah, personally I like Mcdonagh>Staal, but it leaves potential for decline. Even though if McDonagh saw less defensive role I could see his offense increasing slightly. Overall he's a great player, my reasoning for the deal is as simple as I think I can fill some huge holes with a few high picks at the draft next year, and I feel like Nikitin can easily fill the hole mcd left on my roster

[bills09]

*insert hole being filled joke*