Yea it's trade rape, what a sweet deal for you, but when someone wants a player and they are willing to overpay, that's fair game. Happens in my keepers every once in a while and while it sucks, I don't think there is anything you can do about it other than deciding if you wanna be a part of the league or not.
Too many bad trades like that can definitely ruin a pool, especially if it's the same GM constantly taking advantage of others, but as long as it doesn't happen to often it shouldn't be a big problem.
I mean Washington is a much better team than Columbus right now. Varly has just as much upside as Mason in my opinion. If I had Varly and someone offered me Mason for him straight up I would say no. What would be the point? I would need someone else in the deal. While Neal is a great addition, I don't think I would accept much less of a player if someone wanted my Varlamov. I would make him pay for it. This deal isn't that bad, IMO. Overpayment? Yes. Unfair? No.
10tm Dynasty Lg - $96M CAP
G A PTS +/- PIM PPP SOG W GAA SV% SO
C: Barkov, Eichel, McDavid
RW: P. Kane, Okposo
LW: E. Kane, Couture
D: Subban, Byfuglien, Faulk, Vatanen, Morgan Reilly
G: Schneider, Gibson/Andersen
UTIL: Kuznetsov, Kadri, Little, Stone
Farm
D: J. Schultz, Sekera, Hanifin, Hamonic
F: Spooner, Silfverberg, Konecny, Roussell
G: F. Andersen/Gibson, Mason, Ward, Anderson
Prospect:
F - D Strome, Burakovsky, Raantanen, Bjorkstrand
D - Ryan Murphy