Trade deadline - how did I do?

[jshed2]

Trade deadline passed today. I know its a bit early but this league does it a month before its playoffs start, so today was the big day. Made a few blockbusters that I think should better set-up my team for future years, but I'm curious on others' thoughts. Team & League details below.

31 team dynasty (expanding to 32 this offseason) | Salary Cap of 81.5M (Uses Cap Hit for ELCs) | Start 4C, 8F, 6D, 2G, 3 Bench, 27 Prospects | G=5, A=3, PPP=1, STP=2, SOG=0.5, Hit=0.25, Blk=0.25, FOW=0.1 | Games Started=2.5, SV=0.25, GA=-1.5, W=4, OTL=2

Trade 1: My Rask (7.1fp/g) & Matheson (3.1fp/g) for Wheeler (5.5fp/g) - Figure that there is a decent shot that this is Rask's last season so getting what value I could out of him seemed like a good move. Plus given that Rask splits starts with Halak fairly regularly, Wheeler should outpoint Rask and Matheson's fp totals. And while Matheson is doing ok right now, he's unlikely to be worth his ~5M contract.

Trade 2: My Bergeron (8.34fp/g - 6th best in the league) & Menell for Josi (5fp/g) & Nick Robertson - Thought now would be a good time to sell high on Bergeron who should in theory start to decline at 35, and buy low on Josi (last year he put up 6.7fp/g for reference). And picking up Robertson is a huge boon to my prospect pool given it was mostly empty with Menell arguably being my best prospect prior to this trade (and no picks in the next two years either).

Trade 3:My Marchand (6.8fp/g) for Cirelli (5.7fp/g) + Liljegren + 2022 1st (22-32 range) + 2021 2nd (60-64 range) - This is the one I'm most unsure about. Some teams in this league go crazy for 1sts and 2nds so I should be able to trade them for a solid return (probably a 4-5fp/g player). But I did move out the best player in the deal without getting a star back - as much as I do like Cirelli I don't think he'll be able to keep up this ~ppg pace.

Team as it stands now:

C: Cirelli, Marchessault, Wheeler, Staal, Jenner, Dowd, Rowney
F: Pastrnak, Guentzel, Greenway, Mangiapane, Ryan, Watson, Bjork, Panik
D: Josi, Hamilton, Krug, Boqvist, Forbort, Djoos, Oleksiak, DeAngelo (stashed in minors)
G: Jarry, Kinkaid
Top 5 Prospects: N. Robertson, Liljegren, Harper, Barron, Hallander

[This Guy]

I like the first two deals but not the last one. Overall though I think you improved your team and rightly sold high on Rask and Bergeron. is it a keep-all? How will the expansion impact your keepers?

[bud6869]

First trade I absolutely love, second trade is very solid as well, third one I think maybe you could have gotten more? But like you said, you could parlay those early picks into something (or even picks for next year with a supposedly very strong draft class) and all of a sudden the trade looks like a big W. I think you did well.

[jshed2]

I like the first two deals but not the last one. Overall though I think you improved your team and rightly sold high on Rask and Bergeron. is it a keep-all? How will the expansion impact your keepers?

Yep, keep-all. As for the expansion we get to protect 7F, 3D, 1G and anyone under 100 NHL gp is exempt and we only lose one non-protected/non-exempt player.

So the 1st trade let me move out Rask who I thought was possible to be the selection from my team and the 2nd trade let me swap a F protection slot for a D. Right now my protected players are looking to be:

F: Pasta, Guentzel, Cirelli, Wheeler, Marchessault, Jenner, and Greenway | Notably J. Staal and Mangiapane are potential selections
D: Josi, Hamilton, and Krug | Notably exposing DeAngelo as a potential selection
G: Jarry