Barzal, a perennial PPG player?

[ericdaoust]

This post is making me feel bad now. I acquired barzal, Perron and 2nd rounder for Crawford at the beginnning of the season. Feels like robbery now. Lol

It is robbery but don't feel bad.

[saucelife90]

Barzal, Chabot, Borgstrom enough for Matthew's?

Barzal has posted a PPG season, Matthew's has not. Why give up Barzal + 2 players for him?

Edited (Sorry, in a full season)

[StuntMan12]

Barzal has posted a PPG season, Matthew's has not. Why give up Barzal + 2 players for him?

Agreed. Matthews has more 'perceived' value but Barzal would be getting a lot more attention from the media if he was playing in Toronto. You shouldn't be adding to Barzal to get Matthews. I would just hold onto Barzal for the time being.

[lucafen4]

On the flip side, Tavares leaving means Barzal gets an upgrade in linemates with Nelson and Lee.

you mean Bailey? Nelson's not an upgrade on mot AHL teams.

[blayze]

ROFL yeah...

[eppigram]

With Tavares, yes. Without Tavares, no.

Without tavares, I see him being around 75 pts every season, give or take 5 (so pretty close!)

[stevegamer]

Barzal, Chabot, Borgstrom enough for Matthew's?

Way too much to pay for Matthews, unless games played in Toronto count for something.

[SeaDawg]

Barzal is going to win a scoring title someday, imo. He definitely has superstar potential.

Losing Tavares will hurt for sure, not that they played together a lot (except on the power play), but having Tavares matched up against the other team's tougher competition gave Barzal a bit more freedom. Long-term, though, it won't matter...he will be just fine as his game matures.