The Trade Deadline: S75

[Renomitsu 934]

Trade #1 – Monday, 2:23 PM ET

 receives:

C Lewis Dawson (S70, 735 TPE)

S76 MAL 1^st
 

 receives:

C Arthur Dayne (S72, 517 TPE)

 

The first of these trades is by far the more impactful of the two – involving the exchange of a first-round selection and over 1,200 TPE in players. Perhaps more relevantly, it involves two teams that are tightly involved in the playoff race – Calgary a clear favorite to win it all with about a half-dozen point lead in the standings with as many games to go, and a similarly-aged Malmo Nighthawks team that is looking for a top two seed over Warsaw in the European Conference. But what’s trickiest in this trade is the inclusion of that highly valued pick; after all, even if Malmo finish extremely well in the playoffs, they would still likely have had a selection that would net them a player that’s currently at 160-170 TPE deep into the first round.

 

Were this a swap for the players straight-up, one could argue that the youth received by the Nighthawks may outweigh the couple hundred TPE received by Calgary – especially since Dawson will be into his second instance of regression this offseason. Dayne, on the other hand, has a full season after this one left before losing some of his TPA. But with Calgary setting their eyes on a fairly comfortable lead in points heading into the playoffs, the acquisition of Dawson makes far more sense for their roster. On the other hand, it’s a bit more difficult to justify Malmo losing a potentially important future pick – especially provided the loss of TPE probably helps their now-gone draft stock. Hopefully Malmo has a very strong personal connection or some other interest in acquiring Dayne – otherwise, it feels like this transaction easily favors Calgary, who should roll into the playoffs with plenty of steam.

 

Trade #2 – Monday, 2:56 PM ET

receives: 

S76 LDN 3rd

 

 receives:

D Eoin Byrne (S74, 280 TPE)

S76 MAL 3rd

S77 CGY 4^th

 

Admittedly I don’t have much to say about this trade. It’s a cap dump for Calgary, and maybe New York squeezes a nice late round pick out of the late third next season or the late fourth the following season. It’s a nicety for the Wranglers, who are able to offload the salary of a player who hasn’t updated since they received their VHLM Graduation Bonus a season ago while also potentially acquiring the best pick of the three exchanged in this trade.

 

Again, there aren’t a large number of assets traded away in this transaction, so the overall impact on the league is somewhat small.

 

Trade #3 – Sunday, 9:09 PM

 receives:

C Dakota Lamb (S73, 670 TPE)

 

 receives:

LW Groovy Dood (S73, 675 TPE)

 

Okay, so this trade didn’t actually happen – it was an elaborate troll by the one and only bigAL. But it speaks volumes in terms of how quiet the trade deadline ended up being – aside from the exchange of Dayne and Dawson with the first-round selection, there weren’t any notable trades within a week of the deadline. And really, were there any inclination to trade either of these players it’d be a bit of a dead heat, as the two are within a handful of TPE of one another; Groovy is a bit more balanced in terms of passing and scoring and has slightly better skating and puck handling; on the other hand, Lamb is the better high-end scorer (narrowly) and defender of the two and has the faceoff skill to be a centerman on a regular basis.

 

What happened to deadline blockbusters? With more teams, you’d hope there would be more sparks flying – but it seems as though everyone is content to keep active players essentially where they are.

[hedgehog337 3,483]

19 minutes ago, Renomitsu said:

What happened to deadline blockbusters? With more teams, you’d hope there would be more sparks flying – but it seems as though everyone is content to keep active players essentially where they are.

 

NA standings were set already so nobody wanted to go over at the expense of picks.

EU standings were so tight teams were thinking they have a shot. So nobody wanted to sell.

Bottom teams didn't have big TPE players to begin with to make a sell. Outside of couple of LA players, but Pines fits under their longterm plans and Nygren's playing style isn't really for contenders.

Here's your trade deadline.

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For someone who hasn't been following the VHL too closely, I appreciate articles that break down transactions like this one. It was written very well even if we had to take a look into the troll post trade. If you cover these again maybe some insight into why it was so quiet like hedgehog's post would be good! 10/10