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# Why Your Trade was(n’t) Stupid: it set the price for depth defenders
- URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/nhl-trade-why-your-trade-wasnt-stupid-it-set-the-price-for-depth-defenders/
- Published: 2017-02-24T15:00:01.000Z
- Updated: 2017-02-24T15:00:01.000Z
- Description: WYTS is back, but the only trade was smart for both teams.
- Author: Cathy Squires
- Tags: #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 10:50

> per [@Real\_ESPNLeBrun](https://twitter.com/Real%5FESPNLeBrun?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)  
>  
> TRADE:  
>  
> To [#Pens](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Pens?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com):  
> D Ron Hainsey (50% retained)  
>  
> To [#Canes](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Canes?src=hash&ref=pensionplanpuppets.com):  
> F Danny Kristo  
> 2017 2nd RD pick[https://t.co/pOmLyOX15A](https://t.co/pOmLyOX15A?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) [February 23, 2017](https://twitter.com/CapFriendly/status/834787253151027200?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

[Ron Hainsey](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/55433/ron-hainsey?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) is a dependable, unexciting third pairing defender who is never going to surprise anyone with his play. And the [Hurricanes](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/carolina-hurricanes?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) got a second round pick for him. They also got a good AHL player who is having a bad year, so perhaps he’ll help the farm team too.

This is good for the [Penguins](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/pittsburgh-penguins?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) who have major injury troubles on defence. They did last year too and it clearly hurt them a lot. It also sets the price for a third pair defender.

> Controversial take: a 2nd round pick this year isn't all that.
> 
> — Joe Yerdon (@JoeYerdon) [February 23, 2017](https://twitter.com/JoeYerdon/status/834792199749513217?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

That is a valid point, but the value of draft picks outside the top few—defined however you like—is in volume.

> The [@NHLCanes](https://twitter.com/NHLCanes?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) now hold 10 picks in the 2017 [@NHL](https://twitter.com/NHL?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Draft, including six in the first three rounds. [pic.twitter.com/fBlgtCWQAR](https://t.co/fBlgtCWQAR?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com)
> 
> — Mike Sundheim (@MikeSundheim) [February 23, 2017](https://twitter.com/MikeSundheim/status/834786673917558784?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) 

Okay, so Carolina has that well in hand. What they do with those picks—use them in what everyone thinks is a weak draft, or trade them for something interesting—they are in a very good position.

This trade is good for Hainsey too! No one loses here. At 35, he’s never played a single playoff game in the NHL, so good luck to him.

Meanwhile, the thoughts of many a general manager have to be turning to the value of their own surplus depth defenders.

The Leafs have a few more than the minimum of six. Should they try to winnow that down? What if they just traded one?

### Which Leafs defender would bring back a higher pick?

| Roman Polak      | 406 |
| ---------------- | --- |
| Martin Marincin  | 145 |
| Matt Hunwick     | 140 |
| Alexey Marchenko | 23  |