With a few trades already in the books today, the trading scene only seems to have intensified. Now with the market established for several players, teams are working the phones even harder now. In fact, Pierre LeBrun reports that Edmonton Oilers scorer Patrick Maroon could be the next piece to go as the scribe reports that seven teams have reached out to Edmonton.
Having already moved Mark Letestu in a three-team deal earlier in the day, general manager Peter Chiarelli can focus more on Maroon. The 29-year-old winger could easily bring in a similar haul that the New York Rangers got for Rick Nash when they traded him to Boston this morning for a first-round pick, Ryan Lindgren and veterans Ryan Spooner and Matt Beleskey. Even better is Maroon’s contract situation, which is better than Nash’s. Nash had a cap hit of $7.5MM, but Maroon is in the final year in which he is making $1.5MM, meaning many playoff teams could easily fit that into their remaining cap space.
While he’s not duplicating the 27-goal season he put together a year ago, Maroon has 14 goals and 16 assists this year with the Oilers and at 6-foot-3, 225 pounds, he is a physical winger who can put the puck in the net, a prized possession for a team looking for playoff help.
Can Maroon really get as large a return as Nash? Maroon doesn’t have Nash’s pedigree or ability to play without McDavidness. Cap hit is lower, but with only one 20 goal season to his name, I’d wager the return for Maroon is less than for Nash.
NYR only got that much for Nash because they took Beleskey and his bad contract back in the deal.
Do you honestly think that Maroon will return a first round pick, a blue chip d prospect, and the equivalent of a roster player? I don’t think the returns will be as comparable and it’s based not only on the salary being taken back, but on the fact that Nash is currently a better player.
I’m saying the opposite. Nash ONLY got that much because they ate a bad contract.
So EDM stands to get far less.
When all I have is a hammer, all my problems look like nails! Sorry about misunderstanding that we were on the same side of the argument.
Extreme buyer beware on Maroon. He’s the one guy that I can see a team vastly overpaying for and soon regretting. His numbers are product of playing next to Connor McDavid. Any team trading for him hoping that he might replicate something similar to his 27 goal season is going to be disappointed.
Sorry people but can’t help it…….every time I see Maroon’s name, all I can hear is Bugs Bunny saying, “What is ya, a maroon?”
Don’t see a Nash like return but a 1st or 2nd and a prospect isn’t out of the question.