If the Hawks are rebuilding, this doesn't help them at all. They get nothing for the future for one of their first line forwards on a reasonable contract. If they're playing for next year, then they traded one of their first line forwards for a second or third line defenseman. They even kept ownership of $1M of Saad's contract here, so the deal didn't free up much room under the cap. Z is fine, but there probably will be defensemen available in free agency that would provide equivalent production for the same or lower cost due to the depressed mid-range of the market this year. Then you could still trade Saad for picks/prospects and have the picks/prospects and the average defenseman. This was just dumb. they should be rebuilding, I'm not arguing that. but I disagree with saad helping them more if they're trying to win now. zadorov helps this team more, and at 25, you could still re-sign him. our biggest need going forward is defensemen. saad at 5-6 mil or whatever he'll get doeant really work with this roster going forward. so if you want to complain about them having no plan, go ahead. we're going nowhere. but as far as value goes, this was a whatever trade. I'm complaining about the stupidity of the trade more than the particular player we got.