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Lightning Round: Was the price for Blake Coleman too high?

On February 16th, the Tampa Bay Lightning acquired forward Blake Coleman from the New Jersey Devils in exchange for 2019 first-round pick Nolan Foote and the 2020 first-round pick the Bolts had acquired from the Vancouver Canucks for J.T. Miller. For reference later in the article, the Canucks protected the pick so that if they miss the playoffs (or lose in the Play-In) the pick transfers to 2021.

Although I was very high on Coleman as a middle-six winger at the time the Lightning acquired him, I thought this price was astronomical.