Jordan Kyrou for McMichael, Gastrin, and 16th overall
I've felt like the writing has been on the wall for McMichael for a while, even in his career year in 24-25 his name consistently appeared as a piece in trade rumors surrounding us.
My impressions about our prospects are essentially entirely based on hype and not observation, so I can't say anything notable on Gastrin other than he got some generic praise when he was inserted for a couple games in the Bears playoffs a few months back. There was a draft-room video posted after last year's draft that showed he was one of two guys our front office was targeting with that pick. (The other was a russian that Montreal took a few picks ahead of us.) Everything I've heard about him since then has been tempered praise, obviously prospects are unpredictable at this point but I'm sure there's a reason they felt comfortable using him as an add-in.
I'll admit I haven't watched a lot of Kyrou. He had a severe down year last year, but he waived his NTC to come here and at this point it's hard to question our pro scouting department. If our pro scouts and Carbery think he'll be brought back to form then I'm pumped.
My wife likes the trade. I was like, "Who? This better not be an Erat situation!" But then I realized McMichael hasn't really lived up to the expectations here, and apparently Kyrou is pretty good and was an all star.
Best of luck to both guys!
I feel like Strome, Chychrun, and PLD have all performed relatively well here compared to their previous teams, so I'm cautiously optimistic about Kyrou.