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Originally Posted by 19Yzerman19

Yup. Or rather Quebec, when they made the picks. Sundin, Lindros and Owen Nolan.

The thing is, there's no way the return for Hall / RNH / Yak is in the realm of what they got for those guys. Ain't none of them Lindros. Lindros was basically Crosby circa 1991. He netted two first rounders plus Forsberg, Hextall, Steve Duschene, Chris Simon and 2 other dudes.

For Sundin they got Wendel Clark and Sylvain Lefevbre, and for Nolan, Sandis Ozolinsh. That's the kind of return you'd think for the Oiler guys - maybe you get Marc Staal and a first for Yakupov, maybe you get whoever the equivalent of Wendel Clark is for RNH, good veteran players who aren't superstars. But the point is, Ozolinsh and Clark weren't a huge part of why the Avs were good. Clark wasn't even on the team. Those are important pieces to add to a winner, but they aren't the backbone. They can't trade any of their guys for a Forsberg, And I don't see a Sakic anywhere on the Oiler roster, either.

... Also, I don't really see an opportunity to trade for Patrick Roy anywhere in their future.

Sorry but Yakupov and Nugent Hopkins aren't worth a top 10 first rounder right now let alone additions to that.