Wednesday, June 29, 2016

Insane Trades and Stamkos gets Resigned

What the heck just happened???? I'm coming home and check my phone to see that Steven Stamkos signs an 8 year 8.5 million deal with the Lightning, the Oilers trade Taylor Hall to the Devils for Adam Larsson, and the Predators traded Shea Weber (their captain) to the Canadiens for P.K. Subban. First off Stamkos got resigned which is a huge disappointment for everyone except Lightning fans. I mean who really wanted to see Stamkos playing somewhere else? Anyways, this is amazing for Steven Stamkos and the Lightning since they can still be Stanley Cup contenders, but that means they have to make some trades to stay under the salary cap. Now the Hall trade was insanely bad since he is a former first overall pick and he was a great left wing, and they wanted a top two defenseman, but got a top four defenseman Adam Larsson. This is weird since Larsson was good defensively, but he doesn't seem to be equal value to Hall and the Oilers really could've done better with this. The big trade with Subban and Weber is an amazing deal for the Predators for sure. They now have Subban along with Roman Josi, Mattias Ekholm, and Ryan Ellis which is arguably one of the best defense in the league. It also works out well for the Preds wince Subban is 27 and in his prime and he should be a nice boost for the Predators to take that final step to the Finals. For Montreal, this can help for a little bit, but Weber is 31 and is close to the age where he starts to decline. This isn't too bad for Montreal, but their defense isn't too well (which was proven when Carey Price was injured) and kind of old so their defense can hold on for now as long as they have Carey Price who is still their best defensive player by far. All of these trades were one on one which doesn't happen too much and were 20-30 minutes apart. Also with Stamkos resigned that really ruins some team's plans. Who won these trades? Was the Stamkos contract fair? Will these trades have a big impact on the team's future? stay tuned....

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