Canadiens essentially trading Jesperi Kotkaniemi for Christian Dvorak proves you can lose and a win a trade - The Athletic

We tend to instantly want judgment on NHL trades. A winner and a loser. Immediately.

Most trades don’t work that way, especially when what we’re talking about isn’t even a trade. But they need time to marinate, to allow the players involved to fit in – or not – with their new teams, to allow the other decisions made by either team to help dictate success or failure from a team-building standpoint.

Except what happened with the Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes, Arizona Coyotes, Christian Dvorak and, most importantly, Jesperi Kotkaniemi on Saturday does not fit into the normal binary way of looking at an NHL transaction, particularly from the Canadiens’ perspective.

First, let us summarize what happened Saturday evening. The Canadiens announced they would not match the $6.1 million offer sheet Kotkaniemi signed with the Hurricanes roughly 15 minutes before the deadline, accepting Carolina’s first-round pick and third-round pick in 2022 as compensation. Then, a little more than an hour later, the Canadiens completed a trade with the Coyotes to acquire Dvorak for a conditional first-round pick in 2022 and a second-round pick in 2024.

Essentially, the Canadiens traded Kotkaniemi (at $6.1 million for the upcoming season) and a second-round draft pick in 2024 for Dvorak and a third-round pick in 2022.

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2021-09-05 05:48:45Z
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