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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Is it though? I would not trade Monahan for three ~20th overall picks, not only from a sheer talent perspective, but from a time until relevant to this team perspective. Hanifin for 1 20th overall pick would be a total waste. Monahan+hanifin >4 1sts. Yet people are throwing their names around. I think we assign too much value to the future picks.
Ergo I would rather trade 4 1sts then combine existing players to acquire a difference maker
Order of operations:
1. Sign tkachuk. I think its something like 7x5.
2. Sign Rittich. 3 x 2.5 maybe?
2. Trade brodie and frolik for picks
3. See if theres a trade that makes sense for Neal
4. Offer sheet: 1 of marner, point, or laine. Marner is the least realistic imo.
5. If 4 unsuccessful, go hard after duchene
6. Ferland signing in offseason maybe? Or other muscle and toughness.
7. Get cheaper 25-30 game backup
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The value is in the unknown and the lottery.
Did you think Colorado wasn’t on pace to draft Makar at 4 after drafting MacKinnon?
NJ and Hughes after getting Hall and Hischier?
How about Edmonton? Feeling pretty good about all those 1 overalls, signs a $9mil offer sheet, seeya McDavid.
I could really dive into it deeper and come up with countless examples I’m sure. You can’t predict what’s going to happen to your team in 3-4 years. You just can’t. It’s so risky.
1st rounder 4 years from now is arguably worth more than 2 firsts from a good team today... it isn’t worth the risk when you can move prospects/current rosterplayers/current picks.